Making Early Medieval Societies

Передняя обложка
Kate Cooper, Conrad Leyser
Cambridge University Press, 21 янв. 2016 г. - Всего страниц: 281
Making Early Medieval Societies explores a fundamental question: what held the small- and large-scale communities of the late Roman and early medieval West together, at a time when the world seemed to be falling apart? Historians and anthropologists have traditionally asked parallel questions about the rise and fall of empires and how societies create a sense of belonging and social order in the absence of strong governmental institutions. This book draws on classic and more recent anthropologists' work to consider dispute settlement and conflict management during and after the end of the Roman Empire. Contributions range across the internecine rivalries of late Roman bishops, the marital disputes of warrior kings, and the tension between religious leaders and the unruly crowds in western Europe after the first millennium - all considering the mechanisms through which conflict could be harnessed as a force for social stability or an engine for social change.
 

Содержание

rethinking
16
conflicting bishops in late Roman Spain
33
religion ethnicity
58
the Venerable Bede and
80
The incidence of rebellion in the early medieval West
104
Disputes and documents in early medieval Italy
125
Divorce and remarriage between late antiquity and
155
The memory of Gregory the Great and the making
181
from the tenth to the twelfth century
202
feuds in the peace
220
Bibliography
244
Index
279
Авторские права

Другие издания - Просмотреть все

Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения

Об авторе (2016)

Kate Cooper is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester. She writes and teaches about the world of the Mediterranean in the late Roman period, working to understand the 'identity politics' of the Roman provinces with a special interest in daily life and the family, religion, and gender. Her most recent book is Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women (2013); other publications include The Fall of the Roman Household (Cambridge, 2007), and a collection of essays, edited with Julia Hillner, Religion, Dynasty and Patronage in Early Christian Rome (Cambridge, 2007). In recent years, Kate has renewed a long-standing interest in the problem of religion and violence, holding a RCUK Global Uncertainties: Ideas and Beliefs Fellowship (2009-12) and a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (2012-15) for a project on 'The Early Christian Martyr Acts: A New Approach to Ancient Heroes of Resistance'. Kate regularly contributes to broadcast media on the history of gender, sexuality, and religious identity, as well as writing for print and online publications such as The Times, The Guardian, and The Huffington Post. Her personal website has readers in 124 countries and can be found at www.kateantiquity.com.

Библиографические данные