{"product_id":"a-companion-to-late-antiquity-hardback-9781405119801","title":"A Companion to Late Antiquity (Hardback) 9781405119801","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Late Antiquity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Rousseau (Edited by), P Rousseau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405119801, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e736 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 4.3 cm, 1.442 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e 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.” (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, February, 2010)  \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This companion digests the latest research, and is a worthwhile addition to any reference library.\"(\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Academics and researchers in any of the fields it covers will find this a valuable \u003ci\u003evade mecum\u003c\/i\u003e to scholarly debate in both their own and peripheral subjects; undergraduates may use it selectively to enrich or clarify particular areas of study.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDer 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures ix  \u003cp\u003eList of Maps x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Approaching Late Antiquity 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWendy Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I The View from the Future 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Byzantine Late Antiquity 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStratis Papaioannou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Late Antiquity in the Medieval West 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConrad Leyser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Cities of the Mind: Renaissance Views of Early Christian Culture and the End of Antiquity 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Vessey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Narrating Decline and Fall 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClifford Ando\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Late Antiquity in Modern Eyes 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefan Rebenich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Land and People 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Shapes and Shaping of the Late Antique World: Global and Local Perspectives 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Humphries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Mobility and the Traces of Empire 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlake Leyerle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Information and Political Power 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Sotinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Mediterranean Cities 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS. T. Loseby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Archaeological Record: Problems of Interpretation 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlof Brandt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Inscribing Identity: The Latin Epigraphic Habit in Late Antiquity 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDennis E. Trout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Gender and the Fall of Rome 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKate Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Marriage and Family Relationships in the Late Roman West 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Evans-Grubbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Church, the Living, and the Dead 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric Rebillard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Image and Word 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Value of a Good Education: Libanius and Public Authority 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaffaella Cribiore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Textual Communities in Late Antique Christianity 246\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKim Haines-Eitzen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Exegesis without End: Forms, Methods, and Functions of Biblical Commentaries 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKarla Pollmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Tradition, Innovation, and Epistolary Mores 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Ebbeler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Visual and Verbal Representation: Image, Text, Person, and Power 285\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames A. Francis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Christianity and the Transformation of Classical Art 306\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFelicity Harley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Discourse of Later Latin 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Burton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Language and Culture in Late Antique Egypt 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMalcolm Choat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Late Antique Historiography: A Brief History of Time 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Empire, Kingdom, and Beyond 373\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Law in Practice 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaroline Humfress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Mirror of Jordanes: Concepts of the Barbarian, Then and Now 392\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Gillett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Beyond the Northern Frontiers 409\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuy Halsall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 From Empire to Kingdoms in the Late Antique West 426\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Vanderspoel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Rome and the Sasanid Empire: Confrontation and Coexistence 441\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Willem Drijvers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Syria, Syriac, Syrian: Negotiating East and West 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine Shepardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Syria and the Arabs 467\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Early Caliphate and the Inheritance of Late Antiquity (c. AD 610-c. AD 750) 479\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Marsham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V The Sacred 493\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Christianization, Secularization, and the Transformation of Public Life 497\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Lim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Political Church: Religion and the State 512\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Gaddis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Late Antique Bishop: Image and Reality 525\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRita Lizzi Testa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Conduct of Theology and the \"Fathers\" of the Church 539\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Graumann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Defining Sacred Boundaries: Jewish–Christian Relations 556\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNaomi Koltun-Fromm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Pagans in a Christian Empire 572\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeil McLynn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 \"Not of This World\": The Invention of Monasticism 588\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel F. 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