Peasant and empire in Christian North Africa /:

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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1. Verfasser: Dossey, Leslie, 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 47.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 352 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520947771
0520947770
1282764055
9781282764057
9786612764059
6612764058

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