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1 online resource (xiv, 611 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part I. The Economy of Slavery: Introduction; 1. Among slave systems: a profile of late Roman slavery; 2. The endless river: the supply and trade of slaves; 3. Oikonomia: households, consumption, and production; 4. Agricultural slavery: exchange, institutions, estates -- Part II. The Making of Honorable Society: Introduction; 5. Semper timere: the aims and techniques of domination; 6. Self, family, and community among slaves; 7. Sex, status, and social reproduction; 8. Mastery and the making of honor -- Part III. The Imperial Order: Introduction; 9. Citizenship and litigation: slave status after the Antonine constitution; 10. The enslavement of Mediterranean bodies: child exposure and child sale; 11. The community of honor: the state and sexuality; 12. Rites of manumission, rights of the freed -- Conclusion: Roman slavery, proto-modernity, and the end of antiquity -- Appendices. |
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THE JURIDICAL REGIME OF ENSLAVEMENT: BETWEEN LAW AND PRACTICE -- SALE AND EXPOSURE IN THE AGE OF CONSTANTINE -- NEW DIRECTIONS: CONSTANTINIAN CHANGE -- TEN THOUSAND TEARS: THE SALE OF CHILDREN AFTER CONSTANTINE -- EXPOSURE AND ENSLAVEMENT AFTER CONSTANTINE -- CONCLUSION: ENSLAVEMENT AND THE STATE IN LATE ANTIQUITY -- CHAPTER 11 The community of honor: the state and sexuality -- "THE CHILD OF THE SLAVE-WOMAN": A BRIEF HISTORY -- THE COMMUNITY OF HONOR: QUID LICEAT, ET QUID HONESTUM SIT -- FREE WOMEN, UNFREE MEN, AND THE STATE -- WELL-ORDERED EXPLOITATION: FREE MEN, SLAVE-WOMEN -- CONCUBINAGE AND ILLEGITIMACY AFTER CONSTANTINE -- CONCLUSION: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES -- CHAPTER 12 Rites of manumission, rights of the freed -- THE LATE ANTIQUE EQUILIBRIUM: BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE -- MANUMISSION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: FORMS AND EFFECTS -- LATE ANTIQUE RITES: THE ALAPA AND MANUMISSIO IN ECCLESIA -- THE DUTIES OF FREEDMEN -- MANUMISSION IN THE CHURCH IN THE FIFTH CENTURY AND BEYOND -- CONCLUSIONS: MANUMISSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN LATE ANTIQUITY -- After the fall: Roman slavery and the end of antiquity -- SLAVERY AMIDST THE RUINS -- THE END OF ROMAN SLAVERY IN THE WEST -- THE END OF ROMAN SLAVERY IN THE EAST -- CHURCH AND SLAVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE END OF THE PAST -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX 1 The word οỉĸέτης in late antiquity -- APPENDIX 2 Slaves in the Codex Hermogenianus -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
| Summary |
"Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper challenges traditional interpretations of a transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages, arguing instead that a deep divide runs through 'late antiquity', separating the Roman slave system from its early medieval successors. In the process, he covers the economic, social and institutional dimensions of ancient slavery and presents the most comprehensive analytical treatment of a pre-modern slave system now available. By scouring the late antique record, he has uncovered a wealth of new material, providing fresh insights into the ancient slave system, including slavery's role in agriculture and textile production, its relation to sexual exploitation, and the dynamics of social honor. By demonstrating the vitality of slavery into the fourth century, the author shows that Christianity triumphed amidst a genuine slave society"-- Provided by publisher. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Rome.
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Social structure -- Rome.
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Rome -- Social conditions.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Social conditions. |
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Rome -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version:C Original 9780521198615 0521198615 (DLC) 2011001066 |
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Print version: Harper, Kyle, 1979- Slavery in the late Roman world, AD 275-425. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521198615 (DLC) 2011001066 (OCoLC)690090140 |
| ISBN |
1139141597 (electronic book) |
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9781139141598 (electronic book) |
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9781139144919 (electronic book) |
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113914491X (electronic book) |
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9780511973451 (electronic book) |
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0511973454 (electronic book) |
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1283316579 |
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9781283316576 |
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9780521198615 |
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0521198615 |
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9786613316578 |
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