TY - JOUR
AU - Wyatt, Don J.
AB - Asia 617 ASIA coverage on subjects that may be dear to their hearts. Armenia, a buffer state, which became one of the first SAMUEL HUGH MOFFETT. A History of Christianity in kingdoms to embrace Christianity, is given rather Asia. Volume I, Beginnings to 1500. New York: Har­ short shrift as an area that eventually came under perCollins. 1992. Pp. xxvi, 560. $45.00. Byzantine orbit (pp. 8-9). But certainly in the late The history of Christianity in the lands east of Pales­ Roman empire Armenia was very much under Per­ tine is a fascinating and complex story that is not well sian (Parthian) influence. The author does not do known. Both because of the difficulty of the sources justice to Christianity among the Arabs before Mu­ and also because Christianity in these areas faded into hammad, nor does he refer to Irfan Shahid's impor­ insignificance, few have attempted the daunting task tant monographs on the subject. of writing a comprehensive history. The last such Moffett's treatment of the rival Manichaean move­ endeavor was Aziz Atiya's A History of Eastern Christi­ ment is rather unsatisfactory. He does not mention anity (1968). the Cologne Codex of Mani's life or the researches of 
TI - Brian E. McKnight. Law and Order in Sung China. (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature, and Institutions.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1992. Pp. xiv, 557. $74.95
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/99.2.617-a
DA - 1994-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/brian-e-mcknight-law-and-order-in-sung-china-cambridge-studies-in-Y78D3jc8GV
SP - 617
EP - 618
VL - 99
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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