ISBN:
9780520947771
,
0520947770
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 352 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Kehoe, Dennis Peasant and empire in Christian north Africa. By Leslie Dossey. (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 47.) Pp. xix+352 incl. 13 figs and 13 tables. Berkeley–Los Angeles–London: University of California Press, 2010. £41.75. 978 0 520 25439 8 2012
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Leone, Anna Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa. By Leslie Dossey 2012
Series Statement:
The transformation of the classical heritage 47
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dossey, Leslie, 1968- Peasant and empire in Christian North Africa
DDC:
305.56330939709015
Keywords:
Augustine
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Augustine
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
;
Preaching History
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Early church, ca. 30-600
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Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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Roman provinces Administration
;
Donatists
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
;
Preaching History Early church, ca. 30-600
;
Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
;
Roman provinces Administration
;
Africa, North
;
Peasants
;
Peasants History
;
Africa, North
;
Rome
;
Rome History
;
Business
;
Social Science
;
Agriculture
;
History
;
Consumption (Economics) ; Social aspects
;
Donatists
;
Economic history
;
Preaching ; Early church
;
Roman provinces ; Administration
;
Social conditions
;
christianisme ; paysan ; Afrique (province romaine) ; paléochrétien
;
paysan ; Afrique (province romaine) ; époque des conquêtes romaines ; 6e s
;
milieu rural ; paysan ; société (milieu humain) ; Afrique (province romaine) ; époque des conquêtes romaines ; 6e s
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Church history ; Primitive and early church
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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HISTORY ; Ancient ; General
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Africa, North History
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To 647
;
Rome Economic conditions
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30 B.C.-476 A.D
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Rome History
;
Empire, 284-476
;
Byzantine Empire Social conditions
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Rome Economic conditions 30 B.C.-476 A.D
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Rome History Empire, 284-476
;
Byzantine Empire Social conditions
;
Africa, North History To 647
;
Rome (Empire)
;
North Africa
;
Byzantine Empire
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence, Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa, a convergence of economic interests narrowed the ga
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520254398.001.0001
