Kyle Harper (University of Oklahoma)

Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275-425

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery, providing the most comprehensive account of a pre-modern slave system currently available. Essential reading for students and scholars interested in the social, economic and religious history of antiquity, and for students of slavery in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 626
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 914g
• ISBN-13: 9781107640818
• ISBN-10: 1107640814
• Artikelnr.: 44887331

Autorenporträt

Kyle Harper is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma, where he teaches a range of courses on Greek and Roman civilization and the rise of Christianity. He has published articles on social and institutional aspects of later Roman history in the Journal of Roman Studies, Classical Quarterly and Historia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Economy of Slavery: Introduction
1. Among slave systems: a profile of late Roman slavery
2. The endless river: the supply and trade of slaves
3. Oikonomia: households, consumption, and production
4. Agricultural slavery: exchange, institutions, estates
Part II. The Making of Honorable Society: Introduction
5. Semper timere: the aims and techniques of domination
6. Self, family, and community among slaves
7. Sex, status, and social reproduction
8. Mastery and the making of honor
Part III. The Imperial Order: Introduction
9. Citizenship and litigation: slave status after the Antonine constitution
10. The enslavement of Mediterranean bodies: child exposure and child sale
11. The community of honor: the state and sexuality
12. Rites of manumission, rights of the freed
Conclusion: Roman slavery, proto-modernity, and the end of antiquity
Appendices.