TY - BOOK ID - 85750702 TI - Village institutions in Egypt in the Roman to early Arab periods AU - Langellotti, Micaela AU - Rathbone, Dominic PY - 2020 SN - 0197266770 9780197266779 PB - Oxford Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Villages KW - Hamlets (Villages) KW - Village government KW - Cities and towns KW - History KW - Egypt KW - Égypte KW - Ägypten KW - Egitto KW - Egipet KW - Egiptos KW - Miṣr KW - Southern Region (United Arab Republic) KW - Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) KW - Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) KW - Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) KW - Egipat KW - Arab Republic of Egypt KW - A.R.E. KW - ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) KW - Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah KW - Mitsrayim KW - Egipt KW - Ijiptʻŭ KW - Misri KW - Ancient Egypt KW - Gouvernement royal égyptien KW - جمهورية مصر العربية KW - مِصر KW - مَصر KW - Maṣr KW - Khēmi KW - エジプト KW - Ejiputo KW - Egypti KW - Egypten KW - מצרים KW - United Arab Republic KW - Rural conditions KW - Community leadership KW - Community life KW - Community life. KW - Community leadership. KW - Organisation KW - Stadtverwaltung KW - To 1500 KW - Rural conditions. KW - History. KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85750702 AB - This volume is the first to survey village institutions in Egypt during the first eight centuries AD, from the beginning of Roman rule to the early Arab period. Villages in the ancient Mediterranean world, in contrast to cities, have been little studied and the communal life of the majority rural population is ill understood. The rich evidence of the documentary papyri from Egypt, half of which come from village sites, permits both study of topics in detail andcomparisons across time. This volume covers rural institutions including associations, local officials, banks, record-offices, legal procedures, festivals and monasteries. It identifies and discusses recurrent issues and structural changes in the power relationships between the central and regionalcity-based authorities and the rural population and their representatives in Egypt, and aims to stimulate comparative study of villages in other areas of the ancient world. ER -