Learning Cities in Late Antiquity - The Local Dimension of Education

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Learning Cities: A Novel Approach to Ancient Paideia, Jan R. Stenger; 2 The Role of Big Data in Elucidating Learning Cities Ancient, Present and Future, Michael Osborne, Muir Houston and Catherine Lido; 3 The Importance of the Greek Polis for Greek Literature, or Why Gaza?, Martin Hose; 4 Augustine’s Rhetorics of Theology: Religious Debates in Late Antique Carthage, Therese Fuhrer; 5 Jerome, Quintilian and Little Paula: Asceticism, Education and Ideology, Christa Gray; 6 The Sixth-Century City in the Roman East: Survival or Demise of the Traditional Urban Context?, Ine Jacobs; 7 Town and Gown in the Orations of Choricius of Gaza, Fotini Hadjittofi; 8 Ideals of Education and Sophistic Realities in Late Antique Gaza, David Westberg; 9 Procopius of Gaza and the Debate on Rhetoric versus. Law in His Letters: Was There a Leading Form of Knowledge in Late Antiquity?, Claudia Tiersch; 10 Tradition and Habituation in Rhetorical and Monastic Education at Gaza, Michael W. Champion; 11 Consensus versus Diktat: Two Models of Cultural Leadership in Gaza, Jan R. Stenger; Index

Zusammenfassung

Education in the Greco-Roman world was a hallmark of the polis. The volume suggests a new explanatory model that helps to understand better how conditions in the cities shaped learning and teaching, and how in turn education had an impact on its urban context.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jan R. Stenger
• Mitarbeit: Jan R. Stenger (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 17.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138299870
• ISBN: 978-1-138-29987-0
• Seiten: 264
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, EDUCATION / Urban, Medieval History, History of Education, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, 6th century, c 500 to c 599