East and West in Late Antiquity

Invasion, Settlement, Ethnogenesis and Conflicts of Religion
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-28292-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

Reihe: Impact of Empire

East and West in Late Antiquity combines published and unpublished articles by emeritus professor Wolf Liebeschuetz. The collection concerns aspects of what Gibbon called 'the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. This interpretation is now much criticized, but the author agrees with Gibbon. Topics discussed are defensive strategies, the settlement inside the Empire of invaders and immigrants, and the modification of identities with the formation of new communities. Liebeschuetz is interested in both the eastern and the western halves of the Empire. In the East he is particularly concerned with Syria, the expansion of settlement up to the edge of the desert, and Christianisation. The book ends with an examination of the role of the Christian Arab Ghassanids in the defense of the Syrian provinces in the century leading up to the conquest of the provinces by the Islamic Arabs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liebeschuetz, J H W F

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Wolf Liebeschuetz, PhD (1957), taught Ancient History at Leicester and then at Nottingham Universities. He is now Professor Emeritus, FBA and FSA and corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute. His main interest is on the development of cities, the settlement of barbarians, and religion both pagan and Christian in Late Antiquity. Among his publications are The Decline and Fall of the Roman City ( Oxford University Press, 2001), Ambrose of Milan, Political Letters and Speeches (Liverpool University Press, 2005) and Ambrose & John Chrysostom (Oxford University Press, 2011).