The World Of Late Antiquity

Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500779354

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The first century AD was one of momentous events: the end of the Roman empire, the rise of Christianity across western Europe and the disappearance of Persia from the Near East; an era in which the most deep-rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time creating divergent legacies which are still present. Renowned historian Peter Brown examines these changes and the reactions to them, to show that the period of Late Antiquity was one of outstanding new beginnings and far-reaching impacts. The result is a lucid answer to a crucial question in world history; how the exceptionally homogenous Mediterranean world of the first century AD became divided into the three mutually estranged societies of the Middle Ages: Catholic Western Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic world. Browns remarkable study in social and cultural transformation explains how and why the Late Antique world, came to differ from the Classical civilization of the Greeks and Romans. Featuring a new preface and updated with colour illustrations throughout, The World of Late Antiquity demonstrates that we still have much to learn from this enduring and intriguing period of history.

Author : Peter Robert Lamont Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1152550883

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Author : Averil Cameron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136673054

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The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by Averil Cameron Pdf

This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, now covering the period 395-700 AD, provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Roman empire. Leading scholar Averil Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in Mediterranean society as a whole before the Arab conquests. Two new chapters survey the situation in the east after the death of Justinian and cover the Byzantine wars with Persia, religious developments in the eastern Mediterranean during the life of Muhammad, the reign of Heraclius, the Arab conquests and the establishment of the Umayyad caliphate. Using the latest in-depth archaeological evidence, this all-round historical and thematic study of the west and the eastern empire has become the standard work on the period. The new edition takes account of recent research on topics such as the barbarian ‘invasions’, periodization, and questions of decline or continuity, as well as the current interest in church councils, orthodoxy and heresy and the separation of the miaphysite church in the sixth-century east. It contains a new introductory survey of recent scholarship on the fourth century AD, and has a full bibliography and extensive notes with suggestions for further reading. The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity 395-700 AD continues to be the benchmark for publications on the history of Late Antiquity and is indispensible to anyone studying the period.

Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : 0151988854

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Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0299133443

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Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity by Peter Brown Pdf

A preliminary report on continuing research into the political, cultural, and religious milieu of the later Roman Empire, from a humanist historiographic perspective. Discusses autocracy and the elites, power, poverty, and the forging of a Christian empire. Does not assume a knowledge of Latin. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Michael Maas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136617034

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Readings in Late Antiquity by Michael Maas Pdf

Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new "Germanic" kingdoms. In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam reshaped the political map and brought the late antique era to a close. This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, children, barbarian chieftains, and saints . The Roman Empire is kept at the centre of the discussion, with chapters devoted to its government, cities, army, law, medicine, domestic life, philosophy, Christianity, polytheism, and Jews. Further chapters deal with the peoples who surrounded the Roman state: Persians, Huns, northern "Germanic" barbarians, and the followers of Islam. This revised and updated second edition provides an expanded view of Late Antiquity with a new chapter on domestic life, as well extra material throughout, including passages that appear for the first time in English translation. Readings in Late Antiquity is the only sourcebook that covers such a wide range of topics over the full breadth of the late antique period.

Author : Rita Lizzi Testa
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443876568

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Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate by Rita Lizzi Testa Pdf

Late Antiquity, once known only as the period of protracted decline in the ancient world (Bas-Empire), has now become a major research area. In recent years, a wide-ranging historiographic debate on Late Antiquity has also begun. Replacing Gibbon’s categories of decline and decadence with those of continuity and transformation has not only brought to the fore the concept of the Late Roman period, but has made the alleged hiatus between the Roman, Byzantine and Mediaeval ages less important, while also driving to the margins the question of the end of the Roman Empire. This has broadened the scope of research on Late Antiquity enormously and made the issue of periodization of crucial significance. The resulting debate has escaped the confines of Europe and now embraces almost all historiographic cultures around the world. This book sheds new light on this debate, collecting papers given at the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences (CISH/ICHS) in Jinan, China. They recall key moments of the discovery of the world of Late Antiquity, and show how it is possible to reach a definition of an age, analysing different sectors of history, using disparate sources, and with the guidance of very varied interpretative models.

Author : Glen Warren Bowersock
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0674511735

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Late Antiquity by Glen Warren Bowersock Pdf

In 11 in-depth essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries, a cast of experts provides fresh perspectives on an era marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented upheavals, and the creation of art of enduring glory. 79 illustrations, 16 in color.

Author : Dirk Rohmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110485554

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Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity by Dirk Rohmann Pdf

It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained consideration by academics. In an approach that presents evidence for the role played by Christian institutions, writers and saints, this book analyses a broad range of literary and legal sources, some of which have hitherto been little studied. Paying special attention to the problem of which genres and book types were likely to be targeted, the author argues that in addition to heretical, magical, astrological and anti-Christian books, other less obviously subversive categories of literature were also vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. These include texts from materialistic philosophical traditions, texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. This book examines how Christian authorities, theologians and ideologues suppressed ancient texts and associated ideas at a time of fundamental transformation in the late classical world.

Author : Glen Warren Bowersock
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674005983

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Interpreting Late Antiquity by Glen Warren Bowersock Pdf

The era of late antiquity--from the middle of the third century to the end of the eighth--was marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, and the creation of art of enduring glory. In these eleven in-depth essays, drawn from the award-winning reference work Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, an international cast of experts provides essential information and fresh perspectives on this period's culture and history.

Author : Robin W. Winks,Teofilo F. Ruiz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015064871208

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Medieval Europe and the World by Robin W. Winks,Teofilo F. Ruiz Pdf

This illustrated text covers the history of the Middle Ages. The narrative discusses events in Europe alongside the spread of Islam and the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire. While the text gives ample coverage to political events, an equal emphasis is placed on social and cultural developments.

Author : Gillian Clark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199546206

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Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Clark Pdf

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

Author : Kristina Sessa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521766104

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Daily Life in Late Antiquity by Kristina Sessa Pdf

This book introduces readers to lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE.

Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0520068009

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Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity by Peter Brown Pdf

With the blend of art and learning that is the hallmark of his work, Peter Brown here examines how the sacred impinged upon the profane during the first Christian millennium.

Author : Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1294 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190277536

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The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson Pdf

Late antiquity extends from the accession of the Christian emperor Constantine to the rise of Muhammad and early Islam (ca. 300-700 AD). This volume takes account of the scholarship published in the last 30 years and provide a foundational synthesis for students of late antiquity.