| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 352 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The transformation of the classical heritage ; 47
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Transformation of the classical heritage ; 47.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical overview -- Rural consumption in early imperial North Africa -- A late antique consumer revolution? -- Frustrated communities : the rise and fall of the self-governing village -- Bishops where no bishops should be : the phenomenon of the rural bishopric -- Preaching to peasants -- Reinterpreting rebellion : textual communities and the circumcellions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. |
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Africa, North -- History -- To 647.
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North Africa. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 647 |
| Subject |
Donatists.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
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Donatists. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects. |
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Preaching -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Roman provinces -- Administration.
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Roman provinces -- Administration. |
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
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Byzantine Empire -- Social conditions.
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Byzantine Empire. |
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dossey, Leslie, 1968- Peasant and empire in Christian North Africa. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520254398 (DLC) 2009049419 (OCoLC)494271394 |
| ISBN |
9780520947771 (electronic book) |
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0520947770 (electronic book) |
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9780520254398 |
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0520254392 |
| Standard No. |
9786612764059 |
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