| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 899 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge Histories Online
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| Contents |
Chronological Overview -- The western empire, 425-76 / Peter Heather -- The eastern empire: Theodosius to Anastasius / A.D. Lee -- Justin I and Justinian / Averil Cameron -- The successors of Justinian / Michael Whitby -- The western kingdoms / Roger Collins -- Government and Institutions -- Emperor and court / Michael McCormick -- Government and administration / Sam Barnish, A.D. Lee and Michael Whitby -- Administration and politics in the cities of the fifth to the mid seventh century: 425-640 / J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz -- Roman law / Detlef Liebs -- Law in the western kingdoms between the fifth and the seventh century / T.M. Charles-Edwards -- The army, c. 420-602 / Michael Whitby -- East and West: Economy and Society -- Land, labour and settlement / Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Specialized production and exchange / Bryan Ward-Perkins -- The family in the late Roman world / Andrea Giardina -- Family and friendship in the west / Ian Wood -- State, lordship and community in the west (c. A.D. 400-600) / Peter Heather -- Armies and society in the later Roman world / Michael Whitby -- The Provinces and the Non-Roman World -- The north-western provinces / Ian Wood -- Italy, A.D. 425-605 / Mark Humphries -- Vandal and Byzantine Africa / Averil Cameron -- Asia Minor and Cyprus / Charlotte Roueché -- Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia / Hugh Kennedy -- Egypt / James G. Keenan -- The Sasanid monarchy / Ze'ev Rubin -- Armenia in the fifth and sixth century / R.W. Thomson -- The Arabs / Lawrence I. Conrad -- The Balkans and Greece 420-602 / Michael Whitby -- Religion and Culture -- The organization of the church / Stuart George Hall -- Monasticism / Philip Rousseau -- Holy Men / Peter Brown -- The definition and enforcement of orthodoxy / Pauline Allen -- Philosophy and philosophical schools / Anne Sheppard -- Education in the Roman empire / Robert Browning -- The visual arts / Robin Cormack -- Building and architecture / Marlia Mundell Mango |
| Summary |
This volume of 'The Cambridge Ancient History' embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarships which have in recent decades transformed our view of late antiquity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
History, Ancient.
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History, Ancient
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115160
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Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115148
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018484
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018487
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Mediterranean Region -- History -- 476-1517. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005648
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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Mediterranean Region
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Byzantine Empire
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cameron, Averil
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Ward-Perkins, Bryan
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Whitby, Michael
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| ISBN |
9781139054416 |
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1139054414 |
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9780511466922 |
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0511466927 |
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9781139054416 |
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