Interpreting Late Antiquity - Essays on the Postclassical World

The era of late antiquity--from the middle of the third century to the end of the eighth--was marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, and the creation of art of enduring glory. In these eleven in-depth essays, drawn from the award-winning reference work

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G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.Peter Brown is Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University.Oleg Grabar was Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art and Architecture at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.Professor Dame Averil Cameron was formerly the Warden of Keble College Oxford and the holder of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship in the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.Christopher Kelly is University Reader in Ancient History, and Fellow and Director of Studies at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.Henry Maguire is a former Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks and Professor of Art History at Johns Hopkins University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: G W Bowersock, G. W. Bowersock
• Con la collaborazione di: G W Bowersock (Editore), G. W. Bowersock (Editore), Peter Brown (Editore), Oleg Grabar (Editore), Grabar Oleg (Editore)
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.11.2001
• EAN: 9780674005983
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00598-3
• Peso: 640 g
• Illustrazioni: 43 halftones, 2 maps
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory