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Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity explores the
transformation of classical culture in late antiquity by studying
cultures at the borders - the borders of empires, of social
classes, of public and private spaces, of literary genres, of
linguistic communities, and of the modern disciplines that study
antiquity. Although such canonical figures of late ancient studies
as Augustine and Ammianus Marcellinus appear in its pages, this
book shifts our perspective from the center to the side or the
margins. The essays consider, for example, the ordinary Christians
whom Augustine addressed, the border regions of Mesopotamia and
Vandal Africa, 'popular' or 'legendary' literature, and athletes.
Although traditional philology rightly underlies the work that
these essays do, the authors, several among the most prominent in
the field of late ancient studies, draw from and combine a range of
disciplines and perspectives, including art history, religion, and
social history. Despite their various subject matters and scholarly
approaches, the essays in Shifting Cultural Frontiers coalesce
around a small number of key themes in the study of late antiquity:
the ambiguous effects of 'Christianization,' the creation of new
literary and visual forms from earlier models, the interaction and
spread of ideals between social classes, and the negotiation of
ethnic and imperial identities in the contact between 'Romans' and
'barbarians.' By looking away from the core and toward the
periphery, whether spatially or intellectually, the volume offers
fresh insights into how ancient patterns of thinking and creating
became reconfigured into the diverse cultures of the 'medieval.'
Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity explores the
transformation of classical culture in late antiquity by studying
cultures at the borders - the borders of empires, of social
classes, of public and private spaces, of literary genres, of
linguistic communities, and of the modern disciplines that study
antiquity. Although such canonical figures of late ancient studies
as Augustine and Ammianus Marcellinus appear in its pages, this
book shifts our perspective from the center to the side or the
margins. The essays consider, for example, the ordinary Christians
whom Augustine addressed, the border regions of Mesopotamia and
Vandal Africa, 'popular' or 'legendary' literature, and athletes.
Although traditional philology rightly underlies the work that
these essays do, the authors, several among the most prominent in
the field of late ancient studies, draw from and combine a range of
disciplines and perspectives, including art history, religion, and
social history. Despite their various subject matters and scholarly
approaches, the essays in Shifting Cultural Frontiers coalesce
around a small number of key themes in the study of late antiquity:
the ambiguous effects of 'Christianization,' the creation of new
literary and visual forms from earlier models, the interaction and
spread of ideals between social classes, and the negotiation of
ethnic and imperial identities in the contact between 'Romans' and
'barbarians.' By looking away from the core and toward the
periphery, whether spatially or intellectually, the volume offers
fresh insights into how ancient patterns of thinking and creating
became reconfigured into the diverse cultures of the 'medieval.'
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Time in the Medieval World (Hardcover)
Chris Humphrey, W. Mark Ormrod; Contributions by Ad Putter, Christopher Humphrey, Deborah Deliyannis, …
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R2,455
Discovery Miles 24 550
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A look at the competing notions of time in the middle ages, from
the spiritual - death, the Last Judgement - to the practical -
lawyers' calculations, clocks and calendars. By exploring some of
the more important senses of time which were in circulation in the
medieval world, scholars from a wide range of disciplines trace
competing definitions and modes of temporality in the middle ages,
explainingtheir influence upon life and culture. The issues
explored include anachronism as a feature in earlier senses of
time, perceptions of death and of the Last Judgement, time in
literary narratives and in music, constructions of timeas used in
the professions, and original work on the particular systems and
technologies which were used for the keeping of time, such as
clocks and calendars. Contributors: PAUL BRAND, PETER BURKE, MARY
J. CARRUTHERS, DEBORAH DELIYANNIS, CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREY, ROBERT
MARKUS, AD PUTTER, HOWARD WILLIAMS.
This important book [...] is a helpful guide to thinking with
things and teaching with things. Each entry challenges the reader
to approach objects as historical actors that can speak to the
changes and continuities of life in the late antique and early
medieval world. ― Early Medieval Europe Fifty Early Medieval
Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique
and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and western Asia. Ranging
from Iran to Ireland and from Sweden to Tunisia, Deborah
Deliyannis, Hendrik Dey, and Paolo Squatriti present fifty
objects—artifacts, structures, and archaeological
features—created between the fourth and eleventh centuries, an
ostensibly "Dark Age" whose cultural richness and complexity is
often underappreciated. Each thing introduces important themes in
the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of
the postclassical era. Some of the things, like a simple ard (plow)
unearthed in Germany, illustrate changing cultural and
technological horizons in the immediate aftermath of Rome's
collapse; others, like the Arabic coin found in a Viking burial
mound, indicate the interconnectedness of cultures in this period.
Objects such as the Book of Kells and the palace-city of Anjar in
present-day Jordan represent significant artistic and cultural
achievements; more quotidian items (a bone comb, an oil lamp, a
handful of chestnuts) belong to the material culture of everyday
life. In their thing-by-thing descriptions, the authors connect
each object to both specific local conditions and to the broader
influences that shaped the first millennium AD, and also explore
their use in modern scholarly interpretations, with suggestions for
further reading. Lavishly illustrated and engagingly
written, Fifty Early Medieval Things demonstrates how to read
objects in ways that make the distant past understandable and
approachable.
Fifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material
culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa,
and western Asia. Ranging from Iran to Ireland and from Sweden to
Tunisia, Deborah Deliyannis, Hendrik Dey, and Paolo Squatriti
present fifty objects-artifacts, structures, and archaeological
features-created between the fourth and eleventh centuries, an
ostensibly "Dark Age" whose cultural richness and complexity is
often underappreciated. Each thing introduces important themes in
the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of
the postclassical era. Some of the things, like a simple ard (plow)
unearthed in Germany, illustrate changing cultural and
technological horizons in the immediate aftermath of Rome's
collapse; others, like the Arabic coin found in a Viking burial
mound, indicate the interconnectedness of cultures in this period.
Objects such as the Book of Kells and the palace-city of Anjar in
present-day Jordan represent significant artistic and cultural
achievements; more quotidian items (a bone comb, an oil lamp, a
handful of chestnuts) belong to the material culture of everyday
life. In their thing-by-thing descriptions, the authors connect
each object to both specific local conditions and to the broader
influences that shaped the first millennium AD, and also explore
their use in modern scholarly interpretations, with suggestions for
further reading. Lavishly illustrated and engagingly written, Fifty
Early Medieval Things demonstrates how to read objects in ways that
make the distant past understandable and approachable.
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