Gillian Clark (Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the Univers

Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The time known as Late Antiquity (c.300-c.800) was a fascinatingly diverse and important period which saw the 'Fall of Rome' and the growth of Christianity and Islam. Gillian Clark explores its historical controversies, introducing the main characters and themes, and demonstrating the transition between the medieval and ancient.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 176mm x 113mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780199546206
• ISBN-10: 0199546207
• Artikelnr.: 32205577

Autorenporträt

Gillian Clark was a student and then Research Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford. In 2000 she was appointed as the first Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She co-edits the OUP series Oxford Early Christian Studies and Oxford Early Christian Texts. She is also on the editorial committee of the Journal of Roman Studies and the advisory board of the Journal of Late Anquity.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:

1: What and when is late antiquity?;
2: Running the Empire;
3: Law and welfare;
4: Religion;
5: What shall we do to be saved?;
6: Barbarism;
7: Bronze elephants: classical and Christian culture;
8: Decisive change?;
Chronology