Southern Gaul And The Mediterranean

Author : Alex Mullen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Acculturation
ISBN : 1107345405

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Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean by Alex Mullen Pdf

"The interactions of the Celtic-speaking communities of Southern Gaul with the Mediterranean world have intrigued commentators since antiquity. This book combines sociolinguistics and archaeology to bring to life the multilingualism and multiple identities of the region from the foundation of the Greek colony of Massalia in 600 BC to the final phases of Roman Imperial power. It builds on the interest generated by the application of modern bilingualism theory to ancient evidence by modelling language contact and community dynamics and adopting an innovative interdisciplinary approach. This produces insights into the entanglements and evolving configurations of a dynamic zone of cultural contact. Key foci of contact-induced change are exposed and new interpretations of cultural phenomena highlight complex origins and influences from the entire Mediterranean koine. Southern Gaul reveals itself to be fertile ground for considering the major themes of multilingualism, ethnolinguistic vitality, multiple identities, colonialism and Mediterraneanization"--

Author : Alex Mullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107355026

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Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean by Alex Mullen Pdf

The interactions of the Celtic-speaking communities of Southern Gaul with the Mediterranean world have intrigued commentators since antiquity. This book combines sociolinguistics and archaeology to bring to life the multilingualism and multiple identities of the region from the foundation of the Greek colony of Massalia in 600 BC to the final phases of Roman Imperial power. It builds on the interest generated by the application of modern bilingualism theory to ancient evidence by modelling language contact and community dynamics, and adopting an innovative interdisciplinary approach. This produces insights into the entanglements and evolving configurations of a dynamic zone of cultural contact. Key foci of contact-induced change are exposed and new interpretations of cultural phenomena highlight complex origins and influences from the entire Mediterranean koine. Southern Gaul reveals itself to be fertile ground for considering the major themes of multilingualism, ethnolinguistic vitality, multiple identities, colonialism and Mediterraneanization.

Author : John Drinkwater,Hugh Elton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521529336

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Fifth-Century Gaul by John Drinkwater,Hugh Elton Pdf

A unique collection of papers looking at how the Gallo-Romans reacted to barbarian invasion.

Author : Anthony King
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520069897

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Roman Gaul and Germany by Anthony King Pdf

Looks at Roman ruins in France and Germany, including recent finds, and describes what life was like under the reign of the Roman Empire

Author : Ray Laurence,Francesco Trifilò
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351973854

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Mediterranean Timescapes by Ray Laurence,Francesco Trifilò Pdf

This book, built around the study of the representation of age and identity in 23,000 Latin funerary epitaphs from the Western Mediterranean in the Roman era, sets out how the use of age in inscriptions, and in turn, time, varied across this region. Discrepancies between the use of time to represent identity in death allow readers to begin to understand the differences between the cultures of Roman Italy and contemporary societies in North Africa, Spain and southern Gaul. The analysis focuses on the timescapes of cemeteries, a key urban phenomenon, in relation to other markers of time, including the Roman invention of the birthday, the revering of the dead at the Parentalia and the topoi of life’s stages. In doing so, the book contributes to our understanding of gender, the city, the family, the role of the military, freed slaves and cultural changes during this period. The concept of the timescape is seen to have varied geographically across the Mediterranean, bringing into question claims of cultural unity for the Western Mediterranean as a region. Mediterranean Timescapes is of interest to students and scholars of Roman history and archaeology, particularly that of the Western Mediterranean, and ancient social history.

Author : Sophie Collin Bouffier,Dominique Garcia
Publisher : Lang Classical Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Gauls
ISBN : 1433132044

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Greek Marseille and Mediterranean Celtic Region by Sophie Collin Bouffier,Dominique Garcia Pdf

This unique collection of essays contains a synthesis of recent works by distinguished archaeologists and historians in their field, illuminating extensive research in the Southern Gaul and on the territory of the Greek city of Marseille. Investigating the occupation of Massalia territory before the foundation of the Greek city to the Roman period, these findings provide an overview of the diverse issues behind the circulations between Greeks from Phocaea and Celtic populations. This reflection on a key region of the Euro-Mediterranean space rests on the analysis of archaeological findings, including: urban excavations, spatial studies, analysis of necropolis, submarine remains, paleo-environmental data, and reviewing the ancient literary documentation. These new and innovative findings in Greek Marseille and Mediterranean Celtic Region will be of particular interest to both students and scholars exploring the political, economic and cultural fields of relationships between the Greek migrants and the populations they started to meet at the end of the seventh century BC.

Author : D. J. V. Fisher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317873198

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The Anglo-Saxon Age c.400-1042 by D. J. V. Fisher Pdf

An introductory survey which provides a clear and accessible account of the centuries between the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest.

Author : Carol Lansing,Edward D. English
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118425121

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A Companion to the Medieval World by Carol Lansing,Edward D. English Pdf

Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity. Examines changing approaches to the study of medieval Europe, its periodization, and central themes Includes coverage of important questions such as identity and the self, sexuality and gender, emotionality and ethnicity, as well as more traditional topics such as economic and demographic expansion; kingship; and the rise of the West Explores Europe’s understanding of the wider world to place the study of the medieval society in a global context

Author : Alejandro G. Sinner,Javier Velaza
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198790822

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Palaeohispanic Languages and Epigraphies by Alejandro G. Sinner,Javier Velaza Pdf

In addition to Phoenician, Greek, and Latin, at least four writing systems were used between the fifth century BCE and the first century CE to write the indigenous languages of the Iberian peninsula (the so-called Palaeohispanic languages): Tartessian, Iberian, Celtiberian, and Lusitanian. In total over three thousand inscriptions are preserved in what is certainly the largest corpus of epigraphic expression in the western Mediterranean world, with the exception of the Italian peninsula. The aim of this volume is to present the most recent cutting-edge scholarship on these epigraphies and on the languages that they transmit. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach which draws on the expertise of leading specialists in the field, it brings together a broad range of perspectives on the linguistic, philological, epigraphic, numismatic, historical, and archaeological aspects of the surviving inscriptions, and provides invaluable new insights into the social, economic, and cultural history of Hispania and the ancient western Mediterranean. The study of these languages is essential to our understanding of colonial Phoenician and Greek literacy, which lies at the root of their growth, as well as of the diffusion of Roman literacy, which played an important role in the final expansion of the so called Palaeohispanic languages.

Author : Halford John Mackinder,Sir Halford John Mackinder
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Geography
ISBN : 9781428981515

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Democratic Ideals and Reality by Halford John Mackinder,Sir Halford John Mackinder Pdf

Author : Bonnie Effros,Isabel Moreira
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190234195

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The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World by Bonnie Effros,Isabel Moreira Pdf

The Merovingian era is one of the best studied yet least well known periods of European history. From the fifth to the eighth centuries, the inhabitants of Gaul (what now comprises France, southern Belgium, Luxembourg, Rhineland Germany, and part of modern Switzerland), a mix of Gallo-Roman inhabitants and Germanic arrivals under the political control of the Merovingian dynasty, sought to preserve, use, and reimagine the political, cultural, and religious power of ancient Rome while simultaneously forging the beginnings of what would become medieval European culture. The forty-six essays included in this volume highlight why the Merovingian era is at the heart of historical debates about what happened to Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The essays demonstrate that the inhabitants of the Merovingian kingdoms in these centuries created a culture that was the product of these traditions and achieved a balance between the world they inherited and the imaginative solutions they bequeathed to Europe. The Handbook highlights new perspectives and scientific approaches that shape our changing view of this extraordinary era by showing that Merovingian Gaul was situated at the crossroads of Europe, connecting the Mediterranean and the British Isles with the Byzantine empire, and it benefited from the global reach of the late Roman Empire. It tells the story of the Merovingian world through archaeology, bio-archaeology, architecture, hagiographic literature, history, liturgy, visionary literature and eschatology, patristics, numismatics, and material culture.

Author : Simon Esmonde Cleary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107328112

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The Roman West, AD 200–500 by Simon Esmonde Cleary Pdf

This book describes and analyses the development of the Roman West from Gibraltar to the Rhine, using primarily the extensive body of published archaeological evidence rather than the textual evidence underlying most other studies. It situates this development within a longer-term process of change, proposing the later second century rather than the 'third-century crisis' as the major turning-point, although the latter had longer-term consequences owing to the rise in importance of military identities. Elsewhere, more 'traditional' forms of settlement and display were sustained, to which was added the vocabulary of Christianity. The longer-term rhythms are also central to assessing the evidence for such aspects as rural settlement and patterns of economic interaction. The collapse of Roman imperial authority emphasised trends such as militarisation and regionalisation along with economic and cultural disintegration. Indicators of 'barbarian/Germanic' presence are reassessed within such contexts and the traditional interpretations questioned and alternatives proposed.

Author : Walter Scheidel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107495562

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The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy by Walter Scheidel Pdf

This book offers readers a comprehensive and innovative introduction to the economy of the Roman Empire. Focusing on the principal determinants, features and consequences of Roman economic development and integrating additional web-based materials, it is designed as an up-to-date survey that is accessible to all audiences. Five main sections discuss theoretical approaches drawn from economics, labor regimes, the production of power and goods, various means of distribution from markets to predation, and the success and ultimate failure of the Roman economy. The book not only covers traditionally prominent features such as slavery, food production and monetization but also highlights the importance of previously neglected aspects such as the role of human capital, energy generation, rent-taking, logistics and human wellbeing, and convenes a group of five experts to debate the nature of Roman trade.

Author : Bridget Drinka
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521514934

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Language Contact in Europe by Bridget Drinka Pdf

This book traces the spread of the perfect tense across Europe, demonstrating the crucial role of language contact.

Author : Hilary J. Bernstein
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004426474

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Historical Communities by Hilary J. Bernstein Pdf

This book reveals the importance of urban history writing in early modern France for individual towns and the French kingdom. It demonstrates how local scholars developed useful historical narratives, interacted within the Republic of Letters, and created a French identity.