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Zusatztext The professional historian will use this book as a handy source of reference. The general reader will enjoy it as providing a fascinating account of a period of history which is not well known. Informationen zum Autor Scott Fitzgerald Johnson is Dumbarton Oaks Teaching Fellow in Postclassical and Byzantine Greek at Georgetown University. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity is a wide-ranging collection of essays that engages with valuable questions about the end of the ancient world and the beginning of the medieval. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity is a wide-ranging collection of essays that engages with valuable questions about the end of the ancient world and the beginning of the medieval. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Illustrations Preface Scott F. Johnson, Georgetown University and Dumbarton Oaks Introduction: Late Antique Conceptions of Late Antiquity Hervé Inglebert, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense (Paris X) Part I. Geographies and Peoples 1. The Western Kingdoms Michael Kulikowski, Pennsylvania State University 2. Barbarians: Problems and Approaches Michael Maas, Rice University 3. The Balkans Craig H. Caldwell III, University of Georgia 4. Armenia Tim Greenwood, St Andrews University 5. Central Asia and the Silk Road Étienne de la Vaissière, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris 6. Syriac and the "Syrians" Philip Wood, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University 7. Egypt Arietta Papaconstantinou, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 8. The Coptic Tradition Anne Boud'hors, Centre national de la scientifique (CNRS) 9. Ethiopia and Arabia Christian Julien Robin, Collège de France Part II. Literary and Philosophical Cultures 10. Latin Poetry Scott McGill, Rice University 11. Greek Poetry Gianfranco Agosti, Universitá degli Studi di Udine 12. Historiography Brian Croke, Macquarie University and University of Sydney 13. Hellenism and its Discontents Aaron Johnson, Lee University 14. Education: Speaking, Thinking, and Socializing Edward Watts, Indiana University 15. Monasticism and the Philosophical Heritage Samuel Rubenson, Lunds Universitet 16. Physics and Metaphysics Gregory Smith, Central Michigan University 17. Travel, Cartography, and Cosmology Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Georgetown University and Dumbarton Oaks III. Law, State, and Social Structures 18. Economic Trajectories Jairus Banaji, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) 19. Agriculture and Other "Rural Matters" Cam Grey, University of Pennsylvania 20. Marriage and Family Kyle Harper, University of Oklahoma 21. Health, Disease, and Hospitals: The Case of the "Sacred House" Peregrine Horden, Royal Holloway, University of London 22. Concepts of Citizenship Ralph Mathisen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 23. Justice and Equality Kevin Uhalde, Ohio University 24. Roman Law and Legal Culture Jill Harries, St Andrews University 25. Communication: Use and Reuse Andrew Gillett, Macquarie University Part IV. Religions and Religious Identity 26. Paganism and Christianization Jaclyn Maxwell, Ohio University 27. Episcopal Leadership David M. Gwynn, Royal Holloway, University of London 28. Theological Argumentation: The Case of Forgery Susan Wessel, Catholic University of America 29. Sacred Space and Visual Art Ann Marie Yasin, University of Southern California 30. Object Relations: Theorizing the Late Antique Viewer Glenn Peers, University of Texas at Austin 31. From Nisibis to Xi'an: The Church of the East across Sasanian Persia Joel Walker, University of Washington 32. Early Islam as a Late Antique Religion Robert Hoyland, Orien...
