书目

TheCambridgeAncientHistoryVolume14:LateAntiquity:EmpireandSuccessors,AD425-600

内容简介

WithVolume14TheCambridgeAncientHistoryconcludesitsstory.ThislatestvolumeembracesthewiderangeofapproachesandscholarshipwhichhaveinrecentdecadestransformedourviewofLateAntiquity.Inparticular,traditionalpoliticalandsocialhistoryhasbeenenormouslyenhancedbyintegratingtherichevidenceofChristianwriting,andtheconstantlyexpandingresultsofarchaeologicalresearch.Apictureemergesofaperiodofconsiderablemilitaryandpoliticaldisruption,butalsoofvibrantintellectualandculturalactivity.Thevolumebeginswithaseriesofnarrativechapters.Thesearefollowedbysectionsongovernmentandinstitutions,economyandsociety,andreligionandculture.Asectionontheprovincesandthenon-Romanworldmarkstheriseofnewanddistinctpoliticalandculturalentities.Thisvolume,andtheCAH,endsinaroundAD600,beforetheArabconquestsshatteredforeverwhatremainedoftheunityoftheRomanworld.

作者简介

AverilCameronisWardenofKebleCollege,Oxford.HerpublishedworksincludeTheLaterRomanEmpire:AD284-430(HarvardUniversityPress,1993)andTheMediterraneanWorldinLateAntiquity(Routledge,1993).PeterGarnseyisProfessoroftheHistoryofClassicalAntiquityattheUniversityofCambridge.HispreviouspublicationsincludeFoodandSocietyinClassicalAntiquity(0521641829)andTheEvolutionoftheLateAntiqueWorld(withCarolineHumfress)(OrchardAcademic,2001).--ThistextreferstoanalternateHardcoveredition.

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