Wolf Liebeschuetz Reflected (BICS Supplement 91) (Paperback)

Benet Salway

ISBN 10: 1905670044 / ISBN 13: 9781905670048

Published by University of London, 2007

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Paperback. Wolf Liebeschuetz is one of the most distinguished, creative and best-liked of contemporary Ancient Historians. In his fifty-year career of teaching and publication Wolf, German-born and British-educated, has informed generations of scholars collaborating, instructing, disputing and commenting on research.In this volume, coinciding with his eightieth birthday, twenty historians and archaeologists who have known Wolf as friends, colleagues and pupils acknowledge and celebrate his influence by presenting papers on topics related to his four monographs: Antioch: City and Imperial Administration in the Later Roman Empire (1972); Continuity and Change in Roman Religion (1980); Barbarians and Bishops (1990); and The Decline and Fall of the Roman City (2001). Four core sections cover: Law and Religion (Duncan Cloud, Robert Markus, Karl Leo Noethlichs, John North, Benet Salway); Antioch and the East (Hugh Elton, Geoffrey Greatrex, Doug Lee); Barbarians and Bishops (Jonathan Barlow, John Drinkwater, Peter Heather, Neil McLynn); The City (Simon Corcoran, Nick Henck, Luke Lavan, Andrew Poulter, Charlotte Roueche). The book opens with Modern Historiography (Hartmut Leppin, Bryan Ward-Perkins) and closes with an Afterword (Averil Cameron). Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wolf Liebeschuetz Reflected (BICS Supplement 91) (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905670044
• ISBN 13: 9781905670048
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Wolf Liebeschuetz is one of the most distinguished, creative and best-liked of contemporary Ancient Historians. In his fifty-year career of teaching and publication Wolf, German-born and British-educated, has informed generations of scholars – collaborating, instructing, disputing and commenting on research.In this volume, coinciding with his eightieth birthday, twenty historians and archaeologists who have known Wolf as friends, colleagues and pupils acknowledge and celebrate his influence by presenting papers on topics related to his four monographs: Antioch: City and Imperial Administration in the Later Roman Empire (1972); Continuity and Change in Roman Religion (1980); Barbarians and Bishops (1990); and The Decline and Fall of the Roman City (2001). Four core sections cover: ‘Law and Religion’ (Duncan Cloud, Robert Markus, Karl Leo Noethlichs, John North, Benet Salway); ‘Antioch and the East’ (Hugh Elton, Geoffrey Greatrex, Doug Lee); ‘Barbarians and Bishops’ (Jonathan Barlow, John Drinkwater, Peter Heather, Neil McLynn); ‘The City’ (Simon Corcoran, Nick Henck, Luke Lavan, Andrew Poulter, Charlotte Roueché). The book opens with ‘Modern Historiography’ (Hartmut Leppin, Bryan Ward-Perkins) and closes with an ‘Afterword’ (Averil Cameron).