Format:
1 online resource (322 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520947771
Series Statement:
Transformation of the Classical Heritage Ser v.47
Content:
This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence, Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa, a convergence of economic interests narrowed the gap between the rustici and the urbani, creating a consumer revolution of sorts among the peasants. This book's postcolonial perspective points to the empowerment of the North African peasants and gives voice to lower social classes across the Roman world.
Content:
Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Overview -- Part One. The Making of the Peasant Consumer -- 2. Rural Consumption in Early Imperial North Africa -- 3. A Late Antique Consumer Revolution? -- Part Two. The Struggle for Community -- 4. Frustrated Communities: The Rise and Fall of the Self-Governing Village -- 5. Bishops Where No Bishops Should Be: The Phenomenon of the Rural Bishopric -- Part Three. Preaching and Rebellion -- 6. Preaching to Peasants -- 7. Reinterpreting Rebellion: Textual Communities and the Circumcellions -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The Identifiable Rural Bishoprics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520254398
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520254398
Language:
English
