Late Antiquity: a very short introduction
"Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the eastern and southern Mediterranean coasts by the seventh century. Asking 'what, where, and when' Gillian Clark presents an introduction to the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time. Not only a period of cultural clashes, political restruc…
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- Full title :Late Antiquity : a very short introduction / Gillian Clark.
Summary
"Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the eastern and southern Mediterranean coasts by the seventh century. Asking 'what, where, and when' Gillian Clark presents an introduction to the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time. Not only a period of cultural clashes, political restructurings, and geographical controversies, Clark also demonstrates the sheer richness and diversity of religious life as well as the significant changes to trade, economy, archaeology, and towns. Encapsulating significant developments through vignettes, she reflects upon the period by asking the question 'How much can we recognise in the world of late antiquity?'"--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:©2011
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191610905, 0191610909, 9780191611407, 0191611409
- oclc:ocn772844471
- LC Classification:D57
- Dewey Decimal:930.5
Table of Contents
What and when is late antiquity? -- Running the empire -- Law and welfare -- Religion -- What shall we do to be saved? -- Barbarism -- Bronze elephants : classical and Christian culture -- Decisive change?
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