Late antiquity on the eve of Islam / edited by Averil Cameron.

Contributor(s): Cameron, Averil [editor of compilation.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Formation of the classical Islamic world: v. 1.Description: lxviii, 452 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781409400707 (hbk.); 1409400700 (hbk.)Subject(s): Islamic civilization | Civilization, Medieval | Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081 | Byzantine Empire -- Civilization -- 527-1081 | Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- 527-1081 | Byzantine Empire -- Politics and government -- 527-1081 | Byzantine Empire -- History, Military -- 527-1081DDC classification: 949.5013 LOC classification: CB353 | .L378 2013
Contents:
Explosion of late antiquity / Andrea Giardina -- The other transition: from the ancient world to feudalism / Chris Wickham -- The Nika Riot: a reappraisal / Geoffrey Greatrex -- The Justinianic plague revisited / Dionysios Stathakopoulos -- The origins of the manorial economy: new insights from late antiquity / Peter Sarris -- Ruling the late Roman and early Byzantine city: a continuous history / Mark Whittow -- Syria in transition, AD 55-750: an archaeological approach / Clive Foss -- Recruitment in Roman armies from Justinian to Heraclius (ca. 565-615) / Michael Whitby -- Heraclius' Persian campaigns and the revival of the East Roman empire, 622-630 / James Howard-Johnston -- John Moschus and his friend Sophronius the sophist / Henry Chadwick -- Holy images and likeness / Gilbert Dagron.
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A critical selection of research articles previously published. Articles published in languages other than English have been translated.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxix-lxviii) and index.

Explosion of late antiquity / Andrea Giardina -- The other transition: from the ancient world to feudalism / Chris Wickham -- The Nika Riot: a reappraisal / Geoffrey Greatrex -- The Justinianic plague revisited / Dionysios Stathakopoulos -- The origins of the manorial economy: new insights from late antiquity / Peter Sarris -- Ruling the late Roman and early Byzantine city: a continuous history / Mark Whittow -- Syria in transition, AD 55-750: an archaeological approach / Clive Foss -- Recruitment in Roman armies from Justinian to Heraclius (ca. 565-615) / Michael Whitby -- Heraclius' Persian campaigns and the revival of the East Roman empire, 622-630 / James Howard-Johnston -- John Moschus and his friend Sophronius the sophist / Henry Chadwick -- Holy images and likeness / Gilbert Dagron.

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