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The Cambridge companion to the age of Attila (2015)

Maas, Michael [Hrsg.] 1951-

New York, NY : Cambridge Univ. Press

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Format: XXIII, 495 S. , Ill., Kt. , 23 cm

ISBN: 9781107021754 , 9781107633889 , 1107021758 , 1107633885

Series Statement: Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Content: Part I. The Roman Empire -- Reversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila / Michael Maas -- Government and mechanisms of control, east and west / Geoffrey Greatrex -- Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila / Peter Sarris -- Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx / Kenneth G. Holum -- Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century / Raymond Van Dam -- Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century / Brian Croke -- Military developments in the fifth century / Hugh Elton -- Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila / Caroline Humfress -- Romanness in the Age of Attila / Jonathan P. Conant -- Part II. Attila and the world around Rome -- The steppe world and the rise of the Huns / Étienne de la Vaissière -- Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact / Christopher Kelly -- The huns and barbarian Europe / Peter Heather -- Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire / Noel Lenski -- Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building / Walter Pohl -- Kingdoms of north Africa / Andy Merrills -- The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns / Richard Payne -- Part III. Religious and cultural transformation -- Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century / Susanna Elm -- Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great / Susan Wessel -- Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410 / Michele Renee Salzman -- Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire / Joseph E. Sanzo and Ra'anan Boustan -- Ordering intellectual life / Edward Watts -- Real and imagined geography / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Part I. The Roman EmpireReversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila , Government and mechanisms of control, east and west , Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila , Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx , Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century , Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century , Military developments in the fifth century , Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila , Romanness in the Age of Attila , Part II. Attila and the world around Rome ; The steppe world and the rise of the Huns , Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact , The huns and barbarian Europe , Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire , Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building , Kingdoms of north Africa , The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns , Part III. Religious and cultural transformation ; Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century , Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great , Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410 , Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire , Ordering intellectual life , Real and imagined geography

Additional Edition: Online-Ausg. The Cambridge companion to the age of Attila Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015 ISBN 9781139128964

Language: English

Subjects: History

RVK:

NM 4400

Keywords: Römisches Reich ; Attila Hunnenreich, König -453 ; Geschichte 400-500 ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Rezension