Author: Kristina SessaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521766109
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book introduces readers to lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE.
Daily Life in Late Antiquity
Author: Kristina SessaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521766109
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book introduces readers to lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE.
Rome in Late Antiquity
Author: Bertrand LançonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415929769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ostia in Late Antiquity
Author: Douglas BoinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107024013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
'Ostia in Late Antiquity' narrates the life of Ostia Antica, Rome's ancient harbor, during the later empire.
Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice
Author: Richard ValantasisPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691188165
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This is an unprecedented collection of nearly seventy Late Antique primary religious texts. These texts--all in new English translation and many appearing in English for the first time--represent every major religious current from the late first century until the rise of Islam. Produced through the efforts of thirty-six leading scholars in the field, they constitute a comprehensive view of religious practice in Late Antiquity. Religious life and performance during this period comprised diverse, often unusual practices. Philosophical ascent, magic, legal pronouncement, hymnography, dietary and sexual restriction, and rhetoric were all part of this deeply fascinating world. Religious and political identity often intertwined, as reflected in the Roman persecution of Christians. And a fluid boundary between religion and superstition was contested in daily life. Many practices, including ascetic training, crossed religious boundaries. Others, such as "incubation" at specific temples and certain divination rites, were distinctive practices of individual groups and orders. Intrinsically interesting, the practice of religion in the Late Antique also edifies modern-day religious life. As this volume shows, the origins of the contemporary Western religious terrain can be gleaned in this period. Rabbinic Judaism flourished and spread. Christianity developed still-important theological categories and structures. And even movements that did not survive intact--such as Neoplatonism and the once-powerful Manichaean churches--continue to influence religion today. This rich sourcebook includes discussions of asceticism, religious organization, ritual, martyrdom, religion's social implications, law, and theology. Its unique emphasis on practice and its inclusion of texts translated from lesser-known languages advance the study of religious history in several directions. A strong interdisciplinary orientation will reward scholars and students of religion, theology, gender studies, classical literatures, and history. Each text is accompanied by an introduction and a bibliography for further reading and research, making the book appropriate for use in any university or seminary classroom.
Readings in Late Antiquity
Author: Michael MaasPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415473365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
This volume seeks to make accessible to students a multiplicity of texts which illuminate the history, culture, medicine, philosophy, religion and peoples of late antiquity.
A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity
Author: Douglas BoinPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119076811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
2019 PROSE Award finalist in the Classics category! A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity examines the social and cultural landscape of the Late Antique Mediterranean. The text offers a picture of everyday life as it was lived in the spaces around and between two of the most memorable and towering figures of the time—Constantine and Muhammad. The author captures the period using a wide-lens, including Persian material from the mid third century through Umayyad material of the mid eighth century C.E. The book offers a rich picture of Late Antique life that is not just focused on Rome, Constantinople, or Christianity. This important resource uses nuanced terms to talk about complex issues and fills a gap in the literature by surveying major themes such as power, gender, community, cities, politics, law, art and architecture, and literary culture. The book is richly illustrated and filled with maps, lists of rulers and key events. A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity is an essential guide that: Paints a rich picture of daily life in Late Antique that is not simply centered on Rome, Constantinople, or Christianity Balances a thematic approach with rigorous attention to chronology Stresses the need for appreciating both sources and methods in the study of Late Antique history Offers a sophisticated model for investigating daily life and the complexities of individual and group identity in the rapidly changing Mediterranean world Includes useful maps, city plans, timelines, and suggestions for further reading A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity offers an examination of everyday life in the era when adherents of three of the major religions of today—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—faced each other for the first time in the same environment. Learn more about A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity’s link to current social issues in Boin’s article for the History News Network.
The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity
Author: Scott Fitzgerald JohnsonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019027753X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity offers an innovative overview of a period (c. 300-700 CE) that has become increasingly central to scholarly debates over the history of western and Middle Eastern civilizations. This volume covers such pivotal events as the fall of Rome, the rise of Christianity, the origins of Islam, and the early formation of Byzantium and the European Middle Ages. These events are set in the context of widespread literary, artistic, cultural, and religious change during the period. The geographical scope of this Handbook is unparalleled among comparable surveys of Late Antiquity; Arabia, Egypt, Central Asia, and the Balkans all receive dedicated treatments, while the scope extends to the western kingdoms, and North Africa in the West. Furthermore, from economic theory and slavery to Greek and Latin poetry, Syriac and Coptic literature, sites of religious devotion, and many others, this Handbook covers a wide range of topics that will appeal to scholars from a diverse array of disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity engages the perennially valuable questions about the end of the ancient world and the beginning of the medieval, while providing a much-needed touchstone for the study of Late Antiquity itself.
Children in Antiquity
Author: Lesley A. BeaumontPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134870752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 839
Book Description
This collection employs a multi-disciplinary approach treating ancient childhood in a holistic manner according to diachronic, regional and thematic perspectives. This multi-disciplinary approach encompasses classical studies, Egyptology, ancient history and the broad spectrum of archaeology, including iconography and bioarchaeology. With a chronological range of the Bronze Age to Byzantium and regional coverage of Egypt, Greece, and Italy this is the largest survey of childhood yet undertaken for the ancient world. Within this chronological and regional framework both the social construction of childhood and the child’s life experience are explored through the key topics of the definition of childhood, daily life, religion and ritual, death, and the information provided by bioarchaeology. No other volume to date provides such a comprehensive, systematic and cross-cultural study of childhood in the ancient Mediterranean world. In particular, its focus on the identification of society-specific definitions of childhood and the incorporation of the bioarchaeological perspective makes this work a unique and innovative study. Children in Antiquity provides an invaluable and unrivalled resource for anyone working on all aspects of the lives and deaths of children in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity
Author: Giovanni RuffiniPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107105609
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The most detailed glimpse to date of daily life in a small town at the end of the Roman Empire.
Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Gillian ClarkPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199546207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Sheds light on the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time, showing that this was in fact a period of great transformation