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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2010 Cambridge University Press hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. From the cover: An integrated collection of essays examining the politics, social networks, law, historiography, and literature of the later Roman world. The volume treats three central themes: the first section looks at political and social developments across the period and argues that, in spite of the stress placed upon traditional social structures, many elements of Roman life remained only slightly changed. The second section focuses upon biographical texts and shows how late-antique authors adapted traditional modes of discourse to new conditions. The final section explores the first years of the reign of Theodosius I and shows how he built upon historical foundations while unfurling new methods for utilising, presenting, and commemorating imperial power. These papers analyse specific events and local developments to highlight examples of both change and continuity in the Roman world from 284-450. Contents Introduction by Scott McGill, Cristiana Sogno, and Edward Watts PART I POLITICS, LAW, AND SOCIETY 1 The unity of the Roman Empire by David Potter 2 Roman patronage by Peter Garnsey 3 Roman matchmaking by Cristiana Sogno 4 Constantine the lawgiver by Jill Harries 5 Constantine answers the veterans by Serena Connolly PART II BIOGRAPHY AND PANEGYRICS 6 Three generations of Christian philosophical biography by Edward Watts 7 The education of Paulinus of Pella: learning in the late empire by Josiah Osgood 8 Another man's miracles: recasting Aelius Donatus in Phocas's Life of Virgil by Scott McGill 9 Gregory of Nazianzus's Life of Julian revisited (Or. 4 and 5): the art of governance by invective by Susanna Elm PART III FACES OF THEODOSIUS I 10 Liar in winter: Themistius and Theodosius by Peter Heather 11 Moments of truth: Gregory of Nazianzus and Theodosius I by Neil McLynn 12 Reinventing Constantinople: Theodosius I's imprint on the imperial city by Brian Croke 13 Reinventing history: Jerome's Chronicle and the writing of the post-Roman West by Mark Vessey.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. MAGNIFICENT: UNPARALLELED WIDE-RANGING: BRILLANT: CUTTING-EDGE: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2012) Fourth Printing (c. 2020): NEW handsomely-designed-presented mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMPECCABLE unmarked text-block exterior, IMMACULATE chalk-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & ivory cloth bands at end-caps, PRISTINE interior SUPERBLY printed in full page format on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 7.0" x 10.0" x 3.72", kg, xlvi+1250 (1296) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: "The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity" Provides a CUTTING-EDGE approach to questions of the transformation between the classical & medieval worlds & Christian-Muslim relations, Focuses on the geographical spread of late antique studies, including the growth of the early Church & the development of new languages & cultures in the Christian East, Collects scholarship from a diverse pool of literary critics, religious historians, art historians, & specialists in Near Eastern studies: "The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity" offers an innovative overview of a period (c. 300-700 CE) that has become increasingly central to scholarly debates over the history of Western & Middle Eastern civilizations. This volume covers such pivotal events as the fall of Rome, the rise of Christianity, the origins of Islam, & the early formation of Byzantium and the European Middle Ages. These events are set n the context of widespread literary, artistic, cultural, & religious change during the period. The geographical scope of this handbook is unparalleled among comparable surveys of Late Antiquity; Arabia, Egypt, Central Asia, & the Balkans all receive dedicated treatments, while the scope extends to the western kingdoms & North Africa in the West. Furthermore, from economic theory & slavery to Greek & Latin poetry, Syriac & Coptic literature, philosophy, sites of religious devotion, & many others, this handbook covers a wide range of topics that will appeal to scholars from a diverse array of disciplines. "The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity" engages the perennially valuable questions about the end of the ancient world & the beginning of the medieval, while providing a much needed touchstone for the study of Late Antiquity itself. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: SCOTT FITZGERALD JOHNSON is Dumbarton Oaks Teaching Fellow in Postclassical Greek at Georgetown University * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent. xli, Maps 1-4, 1247 pp. Oxford Handbooks. LCC: 2011018578 Very good condition; light color fading at top of spine.