{"product_id":"a-social-and-cultural-history-of-late-antiquity-paperback-softback-9781119076810","title":"A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119076810","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Social and Cultural History of 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\"\u003eDouglas Boin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119076810, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.544 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“As a textbook, this book is ambitious. No other book that covers late antiquity is quite like it. The writing style throughout is chatty and encouraging, making this a wonderful guide for any high school Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum or introductory undergraduate history of late antiquity class...Boin aims to make history not just about grand political moments but intimate moments as well. This intimacy comes across from focusing on people—fairly ordinary people or, at least, those generally unknown to non-specialists.” -\u003cb\u003e Dr. Nicola Denzey Lewis, Chair of Women's Studies in Religion, Claremont Graduate University for \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Generous boxed texts cover specific points for classroom discussion on general themes...A penultimate chapter on South Asia and China in the 6th and 7th centuries, and a final chapter reflecting on the rise of Islam provides a welcome broadening of the canvas. The volume has been thoughtfully assembled, is presented in manageable chunks and is tidily illustrated.” - \u003cb\u003eAndrew Merrills, University of Leicester for \u003ci\u003eMedieval Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There are two main reasons that this book will make a wise choice as an assigned text. First, as textbooks go, it is a pleasure to read. Each chapter is fairly brief (around twenty pages) and—refraining from the tedium of running through most of what can be said on a topic—focuses on a few pieces of archaeological or literary evidence in an attempt to tease out what these ancient fragments tell us.... Second, the focus on these few bits of evidence in each chapter also helpfully demonstrates the difficulty of interpreting a literary text or a clay pot, as well as the rewards in the attempt.” - \u003cb\u003eEdmon L. Gallagher for \u003ci\u003eReview of Biblical Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 PROSE Award finalist in the Classics category!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003ci\u003e A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential guide that: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePaints a rich picture of daily life in Late Antique that is not simply centered on Rome, Constantinople, or Christianity \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBalances a thematic approach with rigorous attention to chronology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStresses the need for appreciating both sources and methods in the study of Late Antique history \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a sophisticated model for investigating daily life and the complexities of individual and group identity in the rapidly changing Mediterranean world \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes useful maps, city plans, timelines, and suggestions for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/170062\"\u003eLearn more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e about \u003ci\u003eA Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e’s link to current social issues in Boin’s article for the \u003ci\u003eHistory News Network\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoxed Texts xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: The Magic of History xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated List of Abbreviations and a Note on Citations from Secondary Literature xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap: The Late Antique World At-A-Glance xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The “Vanishing” of Rome 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Who and What Is Late Antiquity? 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 An Overview of the Book 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory from the ground]up, all the way to the top 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA top]down view of Rome in the fifth century ce 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Three Lives and the “Fall of Rome” 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVictorinus, vicarius of Britain 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePalladius, the law student from Gaul 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRufius Volusianus, the prodigy who went to Constantinople 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 When Does Late Antiquity Begin? When Does it End? 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Third through Fifth Centuries ce: A Narrated Timeline 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third]century crisis 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fourth]century crisis 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fifth]century crisis 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 A Warning about Periodization 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 How Do We Do Late Antique History? 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Evaluating Sources, Asking Questions 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing and contrasting 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncorporating textual and material culture 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The Past in the Past 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Acquiring Cultural Competence: The Study of Religion in History 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Linking, not Disconnecting, Different Periods of Early Christianity 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul and the context of the late Second Temple period 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul’s legacy, forged texts, and the rise of Christianity 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Pre]Modern vs. Early Modern History: A Note on Sources 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Late Antiquity Appears 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Power 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Third]Century Politics 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Mithras and a Roman Fascination with the Mysteries of Persia 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Material Culture of Sasanian Persia 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Rome and Sasanian Persia in Conflict 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeighing the accounts, making a decision 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 The Roman World of the Third Century ce 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpire]wide citizenship is decreed 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRome’s birthday is celebrated, a saeculum is renewed 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew walls and city borders are constructed 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Worship 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Civic Sacrifice Policy of 250 ce 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplementation of the policy 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe historian’s delicate task: writing about the policy 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 How Did Romans Worship Their Gods? Text and Material Culture, c. Third Century ce 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional worship 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMystery cults 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmperor worship 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Social Change 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Rome’s Laws Against Christians 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmperor Valerian, 257–258 ce 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian sacrifice in context on the eve of the Rule of Four 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The End of the Third Century and the Rise of the Rule of Four 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 A View from Thessaloniki, Roman Greece, Late Third Century ce 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGalerius’ urban investments 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe political messages of Galerius’ arch and palace vestibule 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Diocletian’s Edict against Followers of Mani, 296 ce or 302 ce 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 The Rise of Christianity: Assumptions and Starting Points 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Christianization” and evangelization 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian demographics and faith]based narratives of rapid conversion 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognizing political disagreement among Rome’s Christian community 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Law and Politics 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Roman Law: History From the Ground]Up, Top]Down, and Sideways 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePetitions from Roman Egypt 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoman legal texts in Late Antiquity 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe history of Roman law as a story of “horizontal relations” 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The “Edict of Milan,” 313 ce 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roman constitution in context 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding the idea of being Roman 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Individual Laws and the Collection of Legal Texts 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Edict on Maximum Prices, 301 ce 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Edict against Christians, 312 ce 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe creation of the Theodosian Code, 429–438 ce 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Law and Politics in the Fourth Century ce 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Urban Life 130\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Daily Life in the Fourth Century ce and Beyond: Starting Points and Assumptions 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The Archaeology of Rome 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city center and the imperial fora 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe communities of Rome’s Aventine Hill 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunerary banquets on the Via Appia 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 The Archaeology of Constantinople 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new city but with a forgotten history 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstantine’s Forum 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban infrastructure and neighborhood residences 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Community 152\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Mystery Cults 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe cult of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropological perspectives on initiation 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Christian Communities and Christian Law 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 The Jewish Community: Shared Values and Social Diversity 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynagogues 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of Jewish place and time 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 The Communities of Roman Egypt, Fourth–Fifth Centuries ce 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntony and the monastic communities 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoman army members and military families 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisaffected communities: “God’s soldiers,” c.391–392 ce 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Economy 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Egypt beyond Its Borders 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePorphyry and the economy of marble 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgyptomania in Rome and Constantinople 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 The Arena and Racing Culture 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Economic Realities, Third–Sixth Centuries ce 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe two economic corridors of the state 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of ceramic evidence 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of the wooden legal texts from Vandal North Africa 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 The Crypta Balbi Excavations, Rome: The Story of a Social Safety Net, Third Century–Sixth Century ce 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCeramics from the Crypta Balbi excavations 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo final details from the Crypta Balbi excavations 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Household and Family 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Home as a Place 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApartments 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouses 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 House]Churches in the Long History of Christianity 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTituli and the transformation of the Caelian Hill, Rome 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouse]churches and church leadership 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Family and Household Relations, c.405–551 ce 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJerome and the lives of two Christian women in Gaul: c.405 ce 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcopius tells of a scandalous Christian empress, c.550–551 ce 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Slaves and Slavery 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Households and the Emergence of the Papacy in Rome 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Ideas and Literary Culture 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 The “One” and the Many: Philosophical and Anthropological Perspectives 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Literature and Ideas after the “Vanishing” of Rome 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 The Literary Culture of Justinian’s Roman Empire 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustinian’s Latin Laws 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustinian’s Greek]speaking Christian state 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Literature as a Source for the Study of Medicine and Disease 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 The Rise of a Book Culture 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBooks and patrons 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBooks and beliefs 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Latin Poetry and Christian Communities in Rome, c.366–600 ce 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Looking Ahead: “People of the Book” 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Illusion of Mediterranean History 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Geography and Society 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Seeing the Sixth Century Through the Eyes of an Emperor and a Traveler 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmperor Justinian, 527–565 ce 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustinian’s Christian architecture 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Cosmas’ Christian World 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeography 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe centrality of scripture 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocalyptic thinking 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious minorities 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Beyond Rome’s Christian Empire in the Sixth Century ce 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Sixth] and Seventh]Century South Asia 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSri Lanka and the economy of the Indian subcontinent 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Buddhism” and “Hinduism” 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Sixth] and Seventh]Century China and Central Asia 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of trade along the Silk Roads 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoins as evidence for shared customs in Rome and Sasanian Persia 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 A Choice of Directions 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Jerusalem in the Sixth and Early Seventh Centuries ce 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Temple Mount in Jerusalem at the dawn of the seventh century ce 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus’ end]time preaching and Jerusalem before the seventh century ce 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnd]time preaching and Jerusalem during the seventh century ce 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 The Social World of the Arabian Peninsula in the Sixth Century ce 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMerchant oases and desert sanctuaries 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 The Believers Movement 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Constitution of Medina 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn apocalyptic component 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn initial focus on Jerusalem 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 276\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont 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