People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity: Selected Latin Texts from Gaul and Western Europe - Couverture rigide

Mathisen, Ralph W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0472112465 ISBN 13 : 9780472112463

Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2003

Synopsis

Late Antiquity, which lies between Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 250-750), heralded the gradual decline of Mediterranean classical civilization, and the initial formation of a strictly western European, Christian society. During this period, three momentous developments threatened the paternalistic Roman social system: the rise of the Christian church, the disintegration of the Roman Empire in the west, and the establishment of the barbarian kingdoms. The first of its type, this volume presents a collection of Latin source documents illustrating the social upheaval taking place in the Late Roman and early medieval worlds. The texts included in this volume provide the original Latin for the selections that are translated in People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume I. The 140 selected texts gathered from 70 different sources offer the reader firsthand experience with the ways that the Latin language was being used during the transformative period of Late Antiquity. Ralph W. Mathisen is Professor of Ancient and Byzantine History; Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Humanities; and Director, Biographical Database for Late Antiquity at the University of South Carolina.

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Ralph W. Mathisen is Professor of Ancient and Byzantine History; Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Humanities; and Director, Biographical Database for Late Antiquity at the University of South Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Michigan Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0472112465
• ISBN 13: 9780472112463
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
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