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The Cambridge companion to the Age of Attila
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to the Age of Attila / Michael Maas, Rice University.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Maas, Michael, 1951-
- Description
- xviii, 495 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge companions to the ancient world
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge companions to the ancient world.
- Alternative Title
- Age of Attila
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-467) and index.
- Contents
- Part I. The Roman Empire -- Reversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila / Michael Maas -- Government and mechanisms of control, east and west / Geoffrey Greatrex -- Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila / Peter Sarris -- Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx / Kenneth G. Holum -- Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century / Raymond Van Dam -- Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century / Brian Croke -- Military developments in the fifth century / Hugh Elton -- Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila / Caroline Humfress -- Romanness in the Age of Attila / Jonathan P. Conant -- Part II. Attila and the world around Rome -- The steppe world and the rise of the Huns / Étienne de la Vaissière -- Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact / Christopher Kelly -- The huns and barbarian Europe / Peter Heather -- Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire / Noel Lenski -- Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building / Walter Pohl -- Kingdoms of north Africa / Andy Merrills -- The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns / Richard Payne -- Part III. Religious and cultural transformation -- Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century / Susanna Elm -- Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great / Susan Wessel -- Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410 / Michele Renee Salzman -- Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire / Joseph E. Sanzo and Ra'anan Boustan -- Ordering intellectual life / Edward Watts -- Real and imagined geography / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-8095
- ISBN
- 9781107021754 (hardcover)
- 1107021758 (hardcover)
- 9781107633889 (pbk.)
- 1107633885 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2014009752
- 40024181882
- OCLC
- 876679976
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to the Age of Attila / Michael Maas, Rice University.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge companions to the ancient worldCambridge companions to the ancient world.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-467) and index.
- Added Author
- Maas, Michael, 1951- editor, author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024181882
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-8095