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Why was Peter Brown's Study of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity such a Milestone in the Historical Study of this Period?
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Why was Peter Brown's Study of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity such a Milestone in the Historical Study of this Period? "History, in its broadest sense, is the totality of all past events, although a more realistic definition would limit it to the known past. Historiography is the written record of what is known of human lives and societies in the past and how historians have attempted to understand them1." I feel that this quote from the Encarta encyclopaedia is influential in the study of the holy man in late antiquity. As the holy man was generally a nomad, it is therefore difficult to get exact records. The principle of "the holy man" is a very confusing principle in itself, as the will of a man to go and act as a self sufficient nomad, in the much harsher conditions than were found in the towns and cities of the...
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