TY - BOOK ID - 77932897 TI - Social and political life in late Antiquity AU - Bowden, William AU - Gutteridge, Adam AU - Machado, Carlos PY - 2006 SN - 1281396680 9786611396688 9047407601 9789047407607 9789004144149 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Social history KW - Social change KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Social classes KW - Social archaeology. KW - Archaeology and history. KW - Empowerment (Social sciences) KW - Political power KW - Exchange theory (Sociology) KW - Political science KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social evolution KW - Historical archaeology KW - History and archaeology KW - History KW - Archaeology KW - Class distinction KW - Classes, Social KW - Rank KW - Caste KW - Estates (Social orders) KW - Social status KW - Class consciousness KW - Classism KW - Social stratification KW - Political aspects KW - Methodology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77932897 AB - This book examines a number of themes relating to social and political life in Late Antiquity. The first part of the book considers how the powers of the emperor, state and civic authorities were expressed in the phyiscal environment, and how coinage and material culture were caught up in the political life of the period. The second part investigates the "middle classes" and "the poor", who are often less visible in archaeological, textual and epigraphic records. Other articles consider such topics as long term social evolution and the definition of time in Late Antiquity. Two extensive bibliographic essays provide an overview of published literature relating to social and political life. ER -