Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa /

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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...

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Main Author: Dossey, Leslie, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
milieu rural > paysan > societe (milieu humain) > Afrique (province romaine) > epoque des conquêtes romaines > 6e s.
paysan > Afrique (province romaine) > epoque des conquêtes romaines > 6e s.
christianisme > paysan > Afrique (province romaine) > paleochretien.
Social conditions.
Roman provinces > Administration.
Preaching > Early church.
Economic history.
Donatists.
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Predication > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Donatistes.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Preaching > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Rome (Empire)
Byzantine Empire.
North Africa.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Rome > Conditions economiques > 30 av. J.-C.-476.
Afrique du Nord > Histoire > Jusqu'à 647.
Byzantine Empire > Social conditions.
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476.
Rome > Economic conditions > 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Africa, North > History > To 647.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (376 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520947771

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