Late Antiquity

A Very Short Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-954620-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 176 mm, Gewicht: 138 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

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?'

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Zielgruppe

General readers with an interest in ancient history, students of ancient history/medieval history, classics, philosophy, archaeology, history or art and theology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 What and when is late antiquity?
2 Running the Empire
3 Law and welfare
4 Religion
5 What shall we do to be saved?
6 Barbarism
7 Bronze elephants: classical and Christian culture
8 Decisive change?
Chronology

Über Autor(innen)

Clark, Gillian
Gillian Clark, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol.

Gillian Clark was a student and then Research Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford. In 2000 she was appointed as the first Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She co-edits the OUP series Oxford Early Christian Studies and Oxford Early Christian Texts. She is also on the editorial committee of the Journal of Roman Studies and the advisory board of the Journal of Late Anquity.