| A Companion to Late Antiquity Contributor(s): Rousseau, Philip (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1405119802 ISBN-13: 9781405119801 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $255.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: An accessible and authoritative overview capturing the vitality and diversity of scholarship that exists on the transformative time period known as late antiquity. Provides an essential overview of current scholarship on late antiquity - from between the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 and the end of Roman rule in the Mediterranean Comprises 39 essays from some of the world's foremost scholars of the era Presents this once-neglected period as an age of powerful transformation that shaped the modern world Emphasizes the central importance of religion and its connection with economic, social, and political life |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 937.08 |
| LCCN: 2008021457 |
| Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.8" W x 9.8" (3.15 lbs) 736 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Der 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. |