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A Companion to Late Antiquity
Philip Rousseau (Edited by), P Rousseau (Author)
9781405119801, Wiley
Hardback, published 27 January 2009
736 pages
25.4 x 18 x 4.3 cm, 1.442 kg
"It is not a work of reference in the traditional sense: Rousseau compares it to a journey in the company of enthusiastic experts guiding the reader through their favourite areas. By including many younger contributors, and others in mid-career, enthusiasm, and a sense of the excitement of the (as yet) unexplored, are guaranteed…the Companion maintains a generally high level of expertise and informed analysis throughout: the contributors have been well chosen. Production and editing are excellent, and there is an intelligently constructed index…researchers and specialists cannot afford to neglect this richly rewarding book.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, February, 2010) "This is a feast of a volume, but it ‘consolidates n academic field in its own right' (p. 12) rather than opening new horizons. That was Peter Brown's achievement." (Journal of Ecclesiastical History, April 2010) "This companion digests the latest research, and is a worthwhile addition to any reference library."(CHOICE, 2009) "Academics and researchers in any of the fields it covers will find this a valuable vade mecum to scholarly debate in both their own and peripheral subjects; undergraduates may use it selectively to enrich or clarify particular areas of study." (Reference Reviews, January 2010)
Der Band gibt einen Überblick über die Spätantikeforschung und beleuchtet insbesondere die Rolle der Religion für das ökonomische, gesellschaftliche und politische Leben. Sein Fazit: Die enormen Veränderungen dieser Zeit sind von grundlegender Bedeutung für die Welt von heute.
List of Figures ix List of Maps x Notes on Contributors xi Preface and Acknowledgments xviii List of Abbreviations xxiii 1 Approaching Late Antiquity 1 PART I The View from the Future 15 2 The Byzantine Late Antiquity 17 3 Late Antiquity in the Medieval West 29 4 Cities of the Mind: Renaissance Views of Early Christian Culture and the End of Antiquity 43 5 Narrating Decline and Fall 59 6 Late Antiquity in Modern Eyes 77 PART II Land and People 93 7 The Shapes and Shaping of the Late Antique World: Global and Local Perspectives 97 8 Mobility and the Traces of Empire 110 9 Information and Political Power 125 10 Mediterranean Cities 139 11 The Archaeological Record: Problems of Interpretation 156 12 Inscribing Identity: The Latin Epigraphic Habit in Late Antiquity 170 13 Gender and the Fall of Rome 187 14 Marriage and Family Relationships in the Late Roman West 201 15 The Church, the Living, and the Dead 220 PART III Image and Word 231 16 The Value of a Good Education: Libanius and Public Authority 233 17 Textual Communities in Late Antique Christianity 246 18 Exegesis without End: Forms, Methods, and Functions of Biblical Commentaries 258 19 Tradition, Innovation, and Epistolary Mores 270 20 Visual and Verbal Representation: Image, Text, Person, and Power 285 21 Christianity and the Transformation of Classical Art 306 22 The Discourse of Later Latin 327 23 Language and Culture in Late Antique Egypt 342 24 Late Antique Historiography: A Brief History of Time 357 PART IV Empire, Kingdom, and Beyond 373 25 Law in Practice 377 26 The Mirror of Jordanes: Concepts of the Barbarian, Then and Now 392 27 Beyond the Northern Frontiers 409 28 From Empire to Kingdoms in the Late Antique West 426 29 Rome and the Sasanid Empire: Confrontation and Coexistence 441 30 Syria, Syriac, Syrian: Negotiating East and West 455 31 Syria and the Arabs 467 32 The Early Caliphate and the Inheritance of Late Antiquity (c. AD 610-c. AD 750) 479 PART V The Sacred 493 33 Christianization, Secularization, and the Transformation of Public Life 497 34 The Political Church: Religion and the State 512 35 The Late Antique Bishop: Image and Reality 525 36 The Conduct of Theology and the "Fathers" of the Church 539 37 Defining Sacred Boundaries: Jewish–Christian Relations 556 38 Pagans in a Christian Empire 572 39 "Not of This World": The Invention of Monasticism 588 Bibliography 601 Index 700
Wendy Mayer
Stratis Papaioannou
Conrad Leyser
Mark Vessey
Clifford Ando
Stefan Rebenich
Mark Humphries
Blake Leyerle
Claire Sotinel
S. T. Loseby
Olof Brandt
Dennis E. Trout
Kate Cooper
Judith Evans-Grubbs
Eric Rebillard
Raffaella Cribiore
Kim Haines-Eitzen
Karla Pollmann
Jennifer Ebbeler
James A. Francis
Felicity Harley
Philip Burton
Malcolm Choat
David Woods
Caroline Humfress
Andrew Gillett
Guy Halsall
John Vanderspoel
Jan Willem Drijvers
Christine Shepardson
David Cook
Andrew Marsham
Richard Lim
Michael Gaddis
Rita Lizzi Testa
Thomas Graumann
Naomi Koltun-Fromm
Neil McLynn
Daniel F. Caner
Subject Areas: History [HB]
