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The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity offers an innovative overview of a period (c. 300-700 CE) that has become increasingly central to scholarly debates over the history of western and Middle Eastern civilizations. This volume covers such pivotal events as the fall of Rome, the rise of Christianity, the origins of Islam, and the early formation of Byzantium and the European Middle Ages. These events are set in the context of widespread literary, artistic, cultural, and religious change during the period. The geographical scope of this Handbook is unparalleled among comparable surveys of Late Antiquity; Arabia, Egypt, Central Asia, and the Balkans all receive dedicated treatments, while the scope extends to the western kingdoms, and North Africa in the West. Furthermore, from economic theory and slavery to Greek and Latin poetry, Syriac and Coptic literature, sites of religious devotion, and many others, this Handbook covers a wide range of topics that will appeal to scholars from a diverse array of disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity engages the perennially valuable questions about the end of the ancient world and the beginning of the medieval, while providing a much-needed touchstone for the study of Late Antiquity itself.

Roman history --- Romeinse oudheid --- Romeinse Rijk --- Romeinen

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"Dans quel monde vivons-nous ?" Le plus souvent, dans cette question, le point d'interrogation vaut autant qu'un point d'exclamation. Elle sonne à la fois sur le mode de la révolte et sur celui de la résignation. Dans l'usage ainsi fait du mot - ou de l'idée - de "monde" se cache la valeur la plus forte qu'on puisse lui attacher: celle du cosmos, ensemble harmonieux des corps célestes dont les orbes portent les rapports de l'ordre universel, c'est-à-dire tourné vers une unité intégrale. C'est le sens et le balancement de cet ordre et de cet un qui se trouvent donc implicitement interrogés par cette question.Il se trouve qu'aujourd'hui l'expérience - tant scientifique qu'existentielle - du monde déjoue la postulation "cosmique" dans laquelle la pensée semblait inévitablement devoir se déployer. D'une part, le monde-cosmos est éclaté ou désuni ; d'autre part, l'idée même de "monde" (un, ensemble) ne répond plus ni à l'investigation physique ni à l'interrogation métaphysique: "plurivers" ou "multivers" sont à l'ordre du jour des physiciens tandis que "multiplicité" et "multitude" traversent les sociologies autant que les ontologies.En un temps où nous disons simultanément que le monde est toujours plus "globalisé" (donc unifié) et que nos modes de vie, de culture sont toujours plus hétérogènes, il faut remettre en chantier cette question: nous continuons à nous considérer comme vivant dans un monde alors qu'il n'est plus certain que nous puissions user encore de ces termes.Nous ne sommes plus ni "dans" ni "devant" le monde, mais celui-ci dérobe et déporte de manière vertigineuse la consistance de sa réalité "en soi". Et peut-être ne vivons-nous pas plus dans un monde ou dans plusieurs mondes que le ou les mondes ne se déploient, divergent ou se recoupent en nous et par nous

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Metaphysics --- Cosmology --- Filosofie --- God --- Ontology --- Philosophy --- Philosophy of mind --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Oudheid --- China --- Romeinse Rijk --- Hellenisme --- Griekenland --- Hellas --- Film --- Literatuur --- Muziek --- Schilderkunst --- Tekenkunst --- Vlaanderen --- Vlaams --- Emigratie --- Vrouw

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Military history, Ancient --- Rome --- Army --- History, Military --- Army. --- Equestrian order (Rome) --- Ordre équestre (Rome) --- Officiers --- Officers. --- Equestrian order (Rome). --- Ordre équestre (Rome) --- Academic collection --- Roman history --- Officers --- Armée --- Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk --- Rome - Army --- Rome - History, Military

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Blending vividly written essays and over a hundred attractive illustrations--including 32 color plates--The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is a stunningly designed and authoritative account of the once glorious civilization on the Nile. Ranging from 700,000 BC to 311 AD, this volume portrays the emergence and development of Egypt from its prehistoric roots to its conquest by the Roman Empire. The contributors--all leading scholars working at the cutting edge of Egyptology--incorporate the latest findings in archaeological research as they chart the principal political events of Egyptian history, from the rise of the Pharaohs and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, to the ascension of the Ptolemies and the coming of Roman legions. The book also includes the first detailed examinations of three periods which were previously regarded as "dark ages." Against the backdrop of the birth and death of ruling dynasties, the writers also examine cultural and social patterns, including stylistic developments in art and literature, monumental architecture, funerary beliefs, and much more. The contributors illuminate the underlying patterns of social and political change and describe the changing face of ancient Egypt, from the biographical details of individuals to the social and economic factors that shaped the lives of the people as a whole. The only up-to-date, single-volume history of ancient Egypt available in English, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is a "must read" for everyone interested in one of the great civilizations of antiquity.

Egypt --- History --- #A0409HI --- Egyptian [ancient] --- -Egypt --- -#BIBC:ruil --- Regional documentation --- Ancient history --- Romeinse Rijk --- Prehistory --- anno 1-499 --- #BIBC:ruil --- To 640 A.D. --- Antiquity --- Egypt - History - To 640 A.D. --- Egypte --- Histoire ancienne

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Historian Chris Wickham defies conventional views of the "Dark Ages" in European history with a work of rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new material and featuring a thoughtful synthesis of historical and archaeological approaches, Wickham argues that these centuries were critical in the formulation of European identity. Far from being a "middle" period between more significant epochs, this age has much to tell us in its own right about the progress of culture and the development of political thought. Wickham focuses on a world still profoundly shaped by Rome, which encompassed peoples ranging from Goths, Franks, and Vandals to Arabs, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings. Digging deep into each culture, Wickham constructs a vivid portrait of a vast and varied world stretching from Ireland to Constantinople, the Baltic to the Mediterranean--the crucible in which Europe would ultimately be created.--From publisher description.

History of Europe --- anno 500-799 --- anno 400-499 --- anno 900-999 --- anno 800-899 --- Europe --- Rome --- History --- Civilization --- Roman influences. --- Politics and government --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Influence romaine --- Politique et gouvernement --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Middeleeuwen --- Geschiedenis --- Europa --- Romeinse Rijk