Robin Fleming

The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the economy, and the state collapsed. Marshalling a wealth of archaeological evidence, Robin Fleming charts this collapse, and its foundational role in making the world we characterize as early medieval.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780812252446
• ISBN-10: 0812252446
• Artikelnr.: 60319343

Autorenporträt

Robin Fleming is Professor of History at Boston College, a Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries, and the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant. She is author of Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise of the Middle Ages, 400-1070, among other works.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction. Down a Rabbit Hole?
Chapter 1. The World the Annona Made
Chapter 2. The Rise and Fall of Plants, Animals, and Places
Chapter 3. Why Pots Matter
Chapter 4. The Afterlife of Roman Ceramic and Glass Vessels
Chapter 5. Pragmatic, Symbolic, and Ritual Use of Roman Brick and Quarried
Stone
Chapter 6. Metal Production Under and After Rome
Chapter 7. Living with Little Corpses
Chapter 8. Who Was Buried in Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries?
Chapter 9. The Great Disentanglement
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments