Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. Part I. Ireland to Shrewsbury
5. 1 Home and Abroad: The Protestant Irish 3
6. 2 Empire: The Greys 8
7. 3 Decline and Fall 17
8. 4 Squireens: The Warrens from County Meath to Dublin 21
9. 5 Rugby Football: Bob Warren 26
10. 6 Dubliners: The Lamont Browns 30
11. 7 Sudan: North and South 35
12. 8 Atbara: Life Abroad 43
13. 9 Time of War: Home and Abroad in Time of War 49
14. 10 The Boss 55
15. 11 Dublin Days: “Number Sixty” 64
16. 12 Who’s What? Identities 69
17. 13 The Modern World 73
18. 14 To Be a Tweak: Shrewsbury School 80
19. 15 You Shall Do Greek 85
20. 16 Modern Side 89
21. 17 The Duke: History with “the Duke” 93
22. 18 Into New Worlds: Laurence Lequesne and Frank McEachran 97
23. 19 Sense of the Past 102
24. 20 Oxford 1952 107
25. 21 Encounters with the Past: Archives and Abbeys 112
26. 22 Switzerland and the Late Middle Ages 116
27. 23 German at Home: Ernst Scheyer 122
28. 24 End of the Ancient World 127
29. Part II. Oxford To All Souls
30. 25 Idylls: Oxford 1953 135
31. 26 Very “Oxford”: C. S. Lewis 143
32. 27 France 1954 152
33. 28 An Oxford Medievalist 1954 156
34. 29 Friends and Books 164
35. 30 The Age of Augustine 171
36. 31 “Decadence” or “Late Antiquity”? Henri-Irénée Marrou 180
37. 32 Cowley Road 186
38. 33 “A Very Special Degree”: Finals 190
39. 34 To All Souls 198
40. 35 All Souls: Courtesy and Ignorance 202
41. 36 Teaching, Writing, and Rome 210
42. 37 Libraries, Lectures, and Talks 220
43. 38 Religious Dissent: The Case of North Africa 232
44. 39 Religious Coercion 239
45. Part III. Augustine to the holy man
46. 40 Writing Augustine of Hippo 247
47. 41 From Life and Times to Biography 254
48. 42 Patristic Summer 1963 261
49. 43 Encounters: Henri-Irénée Marrou and Robert Markus 269
50. 44 All’s Well That Ends Well 1966 277
51. 45 Resonances 285
52. 46 Toward the East: Bohemia, the Balkans, and East Rome 293
53. 47 Byzantium, Persia, and the Rise of Islam 304
54. 48 Hebrew 311
55. 49 Anthropology and History: E. E. Evans-Pritchard 319
56. 50 Mary Douglas 327
57. 51 Society and the Supernatural 335
58. 52 Oxford under Strain 342
59. 53 The Holy Man 352
60. Part IV. The world of late antiquity to Iran
61. 54 The World of Late Antiquity: An Invitation and a Title 367
62. 55 From Marcus Aurelius . . . 373
63. 56 To Muhammad: Late Antiquity in a Wider World 383
64. 57 Medieval Change 392
65. 58 Presences 398
66. 59 From the Mediterranean . . . 404
67. 60 To Iran 409
68. 61 The Royal Road: Tehran to Kermanshah 416
69. 62 Palaces and Rock Carvings: Firuzabad and Naqsh-e Rostam 423
70. 63 Three Cities: Esfahan, Tabriz, and Mashhad 429
71. 64 Yazd 437
72. Part V: Berkeley 1975 to Cairo
73. 65 Berkeley 1975 447
74. 66 Royal Holloway College 459
75. 67 Genius Loci: Political Thought, World History, and Islam 463
76. 68 On the East Coast 471
77. 69 To the Top of the World: Takht-e Soleyman 479
78. 70 “Guardians of the Sacred Flame”: David Frost 485
79. 71 From the Zagros to Afghanistan 488
80. 72 Afghanistan 493
81. 73 Twilight of Empire 499
82. 74 Invisible Friends in Visible Places 505
83. 75 Maynooth to California 515
84. 76 The Weight of Islam 520
85. 77 Cairo 527
86. Part VI: Berkeley to Princeton
87. 78 Berkeley 1978: The Philosopher and Society 537
88. 79 The Return of Religion: From Revolution to Adab 545
89. 80 Poverty and Power: Évelyne Patlagean and Paul Veyne 554
90. 81 Teaching 563
91. 82 The Tranformation of the Classical Heritage 569
92. 83 Sexuality: Michel Foucault 576
93. 84 At the Bear’s Lair: Encounters with Foucault 584
94. 85 Virginity in Venice 591
95. 86 Body and City 596
96. 87 Winter in Venice 600
97. 88 Surprised in Venice 605
98. 89 The Collège de France 611
99. 90 Pierre Hadot 617
100. 91 A Might-Have- Been 92 The Northeast Corridor 625
101. 92 The Northeast Corridor 631
102. 93 High Gravity 638
103. 94 Writing Body and Society 645
104. 95 From Origen to Augustine 651
105. 96 Arnaldo Momigliano 661
106. 97 Remembering Arnaldo 667
107. 98 Mums 672
108. 99 Shifting Boundaries 678
109. Postscript
110. Since Then 689
111. Index 701