Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages – serie
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Marriage, Sex and Death
The Family and the Fall of the Roman West
Av Emma Southon
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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By the end of the fifth century, with the structural collapse of the Roman Empire in the west, Western Europe had fallen into the so-called Dark Ages. With the power of Rome removed, the Catholic Church stepped in to fill the void. Its political rise, alongside that of the Germanic kingdoms, led to …
Christian Divination in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
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In Late Antiquity, people commonly sought to acquire hidden knowledge about the past, the present, and the future, using a variety of methods. While Christians acknowledged that these methods could work effectively, in theory they were not allowed to make use of them. In practice, they behaved in …
Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours
Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul
Häftad, 2025
812 kr
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Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. In his writings, both historical and hagiographical, Gregory depicted the saints and reprobates of his age. This book analyses Gregory's writings about death and the afterlife, …
Gender, Memory, and Identity in the Roman World
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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This volume approaches three key concepts in Roman history — gender, memory and identity — and demonstrates the significance of their interaction in all social levels and during all periods of Imperial Rome. When societies, as well as individuals, form their identities, remembrance and references …
Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul
Rethinking Gregory of Tours
Av Tamar Rotman
Häftad, 2025
812 kr
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Gregory of Tours, the sixth-century Merovingian bishop, composed extensive historiographical and hagiographical corpora during the twenty years of his episcopacy in Tours. These works serve as important sources for the cultural, social, political and religious history of Merovingian Gaul. This book …
Human Trafficking in Medieval Europe
Slavery, Sexual Exploitation, and Prostitution
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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Human trafficking has become a global concern over the last twenty years, but its violence has terrorized and traumatized its victims and survivors for millennia. This study examines the deep history of human trafficking from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. It traces the evolution of …
Masculinity, Identity, and Power Politics in the Age of Justinian
A Study of Procopius
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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A generation of historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender found in the mid-sixth century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. Yet the notable but subtler ways in which gender coloured Procopius' most significant work, the Wars, have received far …
Remapping Emergent Islam
Texts, Social Settings, and Ideological Trajectories
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
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This multidisciplinary collective volume advances the scholarly discussion on the origins of Islam. It simultaneously focuses on three domains: texts, social contexts, and ideological developments relevant for the study of Islam’s beginnings -- taking the latter expression in its broadest possible …
Roman North Africa
Environment, Society and Medical Contribution
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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This book examines the environment and society of North Africa during the late Roman period (fourth and fifth centuries CE) through the writings of Helvius Vindicianus, Theodorus Priscianus, Caelius Aurelianus, and Cassius Felix. These four medical writers, whose translation into Latin of precious …
Eucharist in the First Millennium
Häftad, 2026
696 kr
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Whether measured by the period during which it has been celebrated, the frequency with which it has been held, or the cumulatively vast numbers of people who have participated in it, the Eucharist has been central to Western life. The book explains how it developed during the first thousand years, …
Idea of Rome in Late Antiquity
From Eternal City to Imagined Utopia
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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This book approaches the manifestation and evolution of the idea of Rome as an expression of Roman patriotism and as an (urban) archetype of utopia in late Roman thought in a period extending from AD 357 to 417. Within this period of about a human lifetime, the concepts of Rome and Romanitas were …
Urban Developments in Late Antique and Medieval Rome
Revising the Narrative of Renewal
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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A narrative of decline punctuated by periods of renewal has long structured perceptions of Rome’s late antique and medieval history. In their probing contributions to this volume, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars provides alternative approaches to understanding the period. Addressing …
Portraits of Generalship and Authority in the Age of Justinian
Inbunden, 2026
2588 kr
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Warfare was a defining feature of the reign of the Roman Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565). His extensive military campaigns spanned multiple fronts, including conflicts in the East against the Persians and in the West against the Vandals in North Africa, as well as the Ostrogoths and Franks in Italy …
Magnus Maximus and the Priscillianists
Mass Trials and Imperial Authority in the Fourth Century
Av Ysabeau Wood
Inbunden, 2026
2513 kr
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Magnus Maximus and the Priscillianists analyses the Priscillianist controversy from the perspective of the imperial government, focusing on developments in imperial ideology and laws against sorcery, sexual immorality, and treason over the course of the fourth century in order to explain why …
Marriage, Sex and Death
The Family and the Fall of the Roman West
Av Emma Southon
Inbunden, 2017
2198 kr
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Through a look at the family, this book discusses the intersections between Roman and Christian legal culture, thought, and political power after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours
Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
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Gregory of Tours was a bishop of late antiquity who was famously devoted to promoting the efficacy of saintly powers. This book analyses Gregory's writings about death and the afterlife, thereby illuminating the bishop's pastoral imperative to save souls and revealing his opinions about the fates …
Gender, Memory, and Identity in the Roman World
Inbunden, 2019
2198 kr
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This volume approaches three key concepts in Roman history - gender, memory and identity - and demonstrates the significance of their interaction in all social levels and during all periods of Imperial Rome. When societies, as well as individuals, form their identities, remembrance and references …
Remapping Emergent Islam
Texts, Social Settings, and Ideological Trajectories
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This multidisciplinary collective volume advances the scholarly discussion on the origins of Islam. It simultaneously focuses on three domains: texts, social contexts, and ideological developments relevant for the study of Islam's beginnings -- taking the latter expression in its broadest possible …
Masculinity, Identity, and Power Politics in the Age of Justinian
A Study of Procopius
Inbunden, 2020
2198 kr
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Historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender in the mid-6th century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. But Procopius' most significant work, the Wars , has received far less attention. This monograph examines how gender shaped the presentation of not …
Christian Divination in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
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In Late Antiquity, people commonly sought to acquire hidden knowledge about the past, the present, and the future, using a variety of methods. While Christians acknowledged that these methods could work effectively, in theory they were not allowed to make use of them. In practice, they behaved in …
Urban Developments in Late Antique and Medieval Rome
Revising the Narrative of Renewal
Inbunden, 2021
2588 kr
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Addressing developments in governance, ceremony, literature, art, music, clerical education and the construction of Rome's identity, the essays examine how a variety of actors, from poets to popes, productively addressed the intermittent crises and shifting dynamics of these centuries in ways that …
Roman North Africa
Environment, Society and Medical Contribution
Inbunden, 2019
2198 kr
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This book examines the environment and society of North Africa during the late Roman period (fourth and fifth centuries CE) through the writings of Helvius Vindicianus, Theodorus Priscianus, Caelius Aurelianus, and Cassius Felix.[-][-]These four medical writers, whose translation into Latin of …
Idea of Rome in Late Antiquity
From Eternal City to Imagined Utopia
Inbunden, 2021
2198 kr
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This book examines how Rome as an idea evolved as an expression of Roman patriotism and utopian archetype from AD 357-417.
Human Trafficking in Medieval Europe
Slavery, Sexual Exploitation, and Prostitution
Inbunden, 2020
2198 kr
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Human trafficking has become a global concern over the last twenty years, but its violence has terrorized and traumatized its victims and survivors for millennia. This study examines the deep history of human trafficking from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period.
Prose Lives of Venantius Fortunatus
Hagiography and the Laity in Sixth-Century Gaul
Inbunden, 2026
2513 kr
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This book analyzes the prose hagiographies written by the poet Venantius Fortunatus (c.530-c.600/609CE) to ascertain how they were used in the pastoral care of the Christian laity in sixth-century Gaul, particularly through their recitation in the mass.Applying methods from semiotics, narratology, …
Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul
Rethinking Gregory of Tours
Av Tamar Rotman
Inbunden, 2021
1828 kr
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This book focuses on Gregory's hagiographical collections, especially the Glory of the Martyrs, Glory of the Confessors, and Life of the Fathers , which contain accounts of saints and their miracles from across the Mediterranean world.
Eucharist in the First Millennium
Inbunden, 2025
2134 kr
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The book explains how the Eurcharist developed during the first thousand years, from the time of its inauguration by Christ at the Last Supper to the beginning of the great schism between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
