People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489–554 - Couverture rigide

Amory, Patrick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521571510 ISBN 13 : 9780521571517

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Only very minor shelf wear. Otherwise this is an excellent copy, its contents are sound and unmarked.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The barbarians of the fifth and sixth centuries were long thought to be races, tribes or ethnic groups who toppled the Roman Empire and racist, nationalist assumptions about the composition of the barbarian groups still permeate much scholarship on the subject. This book proposes a new view, through a case-study of the Goths of Italy between 489 and 554. It contains a detailed examination of the personal details and biographies of 379 individuals and compares their behaviour with ideological texts of the time. This inquiry suggests wholly new ways of understanding the appearance of barbarian groups and the end of the western Roman Empire, as well as proposing new models of regional and professional loyalty and group cohesion. In addition, the book proposes a complete reinterpretation of the evolution of Christian conceptions of community, and of so-called 'Germanic' Arianism.

Revue de presse :

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521571510
• ISBN 13: 9780521571517
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 548