Quo Vadis Huizinga shining in a dark period

shining in a dark period of history

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His books include Riches Despised: A Study of the Roots of Religion (1957)

Since these evils are certain “to show themselves in any new system made by men

Quo Vadis Huizinga shining in a dark periodBy Henryk Sienkiewicz Translated by Jeremiah Curtin As Rome swelters under the lecherous tyranny of Emperor Nero, the young patrician Marcus Vinicius finds himself ruled by a far gentler (yet perhaps more dangerous) power: his love for the pure and beautiful Lygia. Yet Lygia is a member of that strange and fledgling cult of Christians, and as such refuses to make the Roman ways her ways. In pursuit of this seemingly unattainable woman, Vinicius is