Poverty in the Roman world /

What is poverty? What is to be done about it? These are difficult questions in any period. This book looks at how Romans thought about the poor and about the appropriate ways to relieve poverty. It considers their political importance and how far the rise of Christianity affected their treatment.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Atkins, E. M. (E. Margaret), Osborne, Robin, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Social problems > Rome > History.
Poverty > Rome > History.
Poverty > Political aspects > Rome.
Poverty > Moral and ethical aspects > Rome.
Poor > Rome > Social conditions.
Poverty > Rome.
Poverty > Religious aspects.
Pauvreté > Rome.
Pauvreté > Aspect politique > Rome.
Pauvreté > Aspect moral > Rome.
Pauvres > Rome > Conditions sociales.
Pauvreté > Aspect religieux.
Problèmes sociaux > Rome > Histoire.
Pauvreté > Rome > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Economic history.
Poor > Social conditions.
Poverty.
Poverty > Moral and ethical aspects.
Poverty > Political aspects.
Social conditions.
Social problems.
Armut
Armoede.
Romeinse oudheid.
Sociale aspecten.
Economische aspecten.
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > Economic conditions.
Rome > Conditions sociales.
Rome > Conditions économiques.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Romeinse rijk.
Roman world
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Roman poverty in context / Robin Osborne
  • The poor in the city of Rome / Neville Morley
  • Stratification, deprivation and quality of life / Walter Scheidel
  • "You do him no service" : an exploration of pagan almsgiving / Anneliese Parkin
  • Writing poverty in Rome / Greg Woolf
  • Poverty and population in Roman Egypt / Dominic Rathbone
  • A pragmatic approach to poverty and riches : Ambrosiaster's quaestio 124 / Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe
  • Portraying the poor : descriptions of poverty in Christian texts from the late Roman empire / Richard Finn
  • Throwing parties for the poor : poverty and splendour in the late antique church / Lucy Grig
  • Salvian, the ideal Christian community and the fate of the poor in fifth-century Gaul / Cam Grey
  • Poverty and Roman law / Caroline Humfress.

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