The Past Before Us: The Challenge of Historiographies of Late Antiquity (Bibliothèque de l'Antiquité Tardive) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2503514561 ISBN 13: 9782503514567

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Glen Bowersock, Centrifugal Force in Late Antique Historiography: Moving to the PeripheryClaude Lepelley, The Perception of Late Roman Africa, from Decolonization to the Re-appraisal of Late AntiquityLellia Cracco Ruggini, The Italian City from Third to Sixth Centuries: Interrupted History or Every-Changing Kaleidoscope?Nina Garsoian, The Crisis in Armenian StudiesElizabeth Clark, Rewriting the History of Early ChristianityAveril Cameron, History and the Individuality of the Historian: The Interpretation of Late AntiquityEvelyne Patlagean, Sorting out Late Antique Poverty in Paris in the '60sPhilip Rousseau, The Historiography of Asceticism: Current Achievements and Future OpportunitiesPeter Brown, Conversion and Christianization in Late Antiquity: the Case of Augustine

About this title

About the Author

Richard Lim, Professor of History at Smith College, teaches the history of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. His research focuses on the cultural and religious history of late antiquity, and he is currently finishing a book project on the reception of public spectacles during the Later Roman Empire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503514561
• ISBN 13: 9782503514567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 117
• Editor: Straw C, Lim R