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A wide-ranging guide, written by leading scholars in archaeology, architecture and art history, which reviews and explores past and current knowledge of the multiple themes that comprise the social, cultural, religious and economic landscapes of the late Roman to early medieval world.
List of contents
Volume 1: Introduction Leonard V. Rutgers, Jodi Magness, Robin M. Jensen, and Neil Christie; PART I. Architecture and Iconography: 1. Pagan Architecture Christophe J. Goddard; 2. Pagan Iconography Stephan Faust and Troels Myrup Kristensen; 3. Church Architecture Olof Brandt; 4. Monastic Architecture Karel Innemée; 5. The Material Culture of Saint Veneration Ann Marie Yasin; 6. Early Christian Iconography Robin M. Jensen; 7. Jewish Architecture Jodi Magness; 8. Jewish Iconography Zeev Weiss; 9. Monumental Civic Architecture Gunnar Brands; 10. Private Architecture Isabelle Baldini; 11. Byzantine Military Architecture Gwyn Davies; 12. The Catacombs of Rome Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai; 13. Late Antique Cemeteries Bonnie Effros; Part II. Artifacts and Evidence: 14. Portraiture Marina Prusac-Lindhagen; 15. Sarcophagi Jutta Dresken-Weiland; 16. Wall Painting Matteo Braconi, Dimitri Cascianelli, and Giovanna Ferri; 17. Pottery Michel Bonifay and Paul Reynolds; 18. Glass Constanze Höpken and Stefanie Nagel; 19. Ivory Niamh Bhalla; 20. Metalwork Marlia Mundell Mango and Benjamin Fourlas; 21. Dress and Furnishing Textiles Sabine Schrenk; 22. Illuminated Manuscripts Michelle P. Brown; 23. Epigraphy Antonio Felle; 24. Coins Andrew Burnett; 25. Transport and Communication Colin Adams and Matt Gibbs; 26. Technology Serafina Cuomo; 27. Spolia Bente Kiilerich; Volume 2: Part III. Urbanism and the Countryside: Part III. Urbanism and the Countryside: 28. Rome Paolo Liverani; 29. Constantinople Sarah Bassett; 30. Alexandria Marjorie Venit and Julie Marchand; 31. Antioch Gunnar Brands and Andrea U. De Giorgi; 32. Jerusalem Oren Gutfeld; 33. Carthage Richard Miles; 34. Ravenna Debora Mauskopf Deliyannis; 35. Trier Winfred Weber; 36. Cities in the West Neil Christie; 37. Cities in the East Helen Saradi; 38. Countrysides of the Late Roman Western Empire Cam Grey; 39. Countrysides of the Late Roman Eastern Empire Stephen Mitchell; 40. The Countryside in Late Antique North Africa Anna Leone; 41. The Balkans: Cities and Countrysides in Late Antiquity Renate Johanna Pillinger; Part IV. Regional and Ethnic Variety: 42. Peoples of Northern Europe Guy Halsall; 43. Peoples of Eastern Europe Florin Curta; 44. Peoples of Syria Emma Loosley Leeming; 45. Egypt Jennifer Cromwell and Matthew Gibbs; 46. Armenia Christina Maranci; 47. Early Islam Marcus Millwright; Part V. Issues and Debates: 48. The Economy of the Later Roman Empire Jeroen Poblome; 49. The Spread of Christianity Sebastian Ristow; 50. Barbarians and Migrations Peter Heather; 51. The Archaeology of Late Antique Identity William Bowden.
