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Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
Taschenbuch von M. Shane Bjornlie
Sprache: Englisch

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A revealing study of the Variae of Cassiodorus and the insight that the epistolary collection can provide into sixth-century Italy.
A revealing study of the Variae of Cassiodorus and the insight that the epistolary collection can provide into sixth-century Italy.
Über den Autor
M. Shane Bjornlie is Assistant Professor of Roman and Late Antique History at Claremont McKenna College. His research interests include ethnography, late-antique letter collections, ancient political culture and the 'decline and fall' of the Roman Empire.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. The Variae as Windows onto Painted Curtains: Introduction; 1. Cassiodorus and Italy in the fifth and sixth centuries; Part II. Cassiodorus and the Circumstances of Political Survival: 2. The age of bureaucracy; 3. The reign of Justinian; 4. Voices of discontent in Constantinople; 5. The Anicii between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople; 6. The memory of Boethius in the Variae; Part III. Reading the Variae as Political Apologetic: 7. Literary aspects of the Variae; 8. Antiquitas and Novitas: the language of good governance in the Variae; 9. Natura and Law in Justinian's Novellae and the Variae; 10. Reading good governance in the Variae and the De anima; 11. The Variae as apologetic narrative; 12. Conclusion: innovative traditionalism and its consequence; Bibliography.
Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781107529311
ISBN-10: 110752931X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bjornlie, M. Shane
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: M. Shane Bjornlie
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.04.2015
Gewicht: 0,558 kg
Artikel-ID: 104627635
Über den Autor
M. Shane Bjornlie is Assistant Professor of Roman and Late Antique History at Claremont McKenna College. His research interests include ethnography, late-antique letter collections, ancient political culture and the 'decline and fall' of the Roman Empire.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. The Variae as Windows onto Painted Curtains: Introduction; 1. Cassiodorus and Italy in the fifth and sixth centuries; Part II. Cassiodorus and the Circumstances of Political Survival: 2. The age of bureaucracy; 3. The reign of Justinian; 4. Voices of discontent in Constantinople; 5. The Anicii between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople; 6. The memory of Boethius in the Variae; Part III. Reading the Variae as Political Apologetic: 7. Literary aspects of the Variae; 8. Antiquitas and Novitas: the language of good governance in the Variae; 9. Natura and Law in Justinian's Novellae and the Variae; 10. Reading good governance in the Variae and the De anima; 11. The Variae as apologetic narrative; 12. Conclusion: innovative traditionalism and its consequence; Bibliography.
Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781107529311
ISBN-10: 110752931X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bjornlie, M. Shane
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: M. Shane Bjornlie
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.04.2015
Gewicht: 0,558 kg
Artikel-ID: 104627635
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