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Urban Centers and Rural Contexts in Late Antiquity by Thomas S Burns; John William Eadie; Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Recent publications on urbanism and the rural environment in Late Antiquity, most of which explore a single region or narrow chronological niche, have emphasized either textual or archeological evidence. None has attempted the more ambitious task of bringing together the full range of such evidence within a multiregional perspective and around common themes. <i>Urban Centers and Rural Contexts</i> seeks to redress this omission.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;While ancient literature and the physical remains of cities attest to the power that urban values held over the lives of their inhabitants, the rural areas in which the majority of imperial citizens lived have not been well served by the historical record. Only recently have archeological excavations and integrated field surveys sufficiently enhanced our knowledge of the rural contexts to demonstrate the continuing interdependence of urban centers and rural communities in Late Antiquity. These new data call into question the conventional view that this interdependence progressively declined as a result of governmental crises, invasions, economic dislocation, and the success of Christianization.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;

Who reads Urban Centers and Rural Contexts in Late Antiquity?

Author

Thomas S Burns; John William Eadie; Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity

Publisher

Michigan State University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781628952223

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Sociology, History