CELAMA 14 Post-Roman Transitions Pohl: Christian and Barbarian Identities in the Early Medieval West Tapa dura - 2013

Turnhout Brepols 2012. Hardback, approx. X+588 p., 9 b/w ill., 10 b/w line art, 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503543277. What were the social contexts, cultural resources, and political consequences of the new models for identification which emerged during the transition from the Roman empire to the medieval world? This volume looks at changing identities during the transition from the Roman empire to a political world defined by a different kingdoms and peoples in western Europe. It addresses 'ethnicity' in the context of alternative modes of identification, mainly Christianity and Romanness. To widen the horizon of current debates, it shows that the ancient dichotomy between barbarians and Romans is hardly helpful in understanding the complex transitions to a post-imperial age in the West. In a broad sweep of regional examples, from Spain and North Africa to Dalmatia and the British Isles, the book follows the unfolding of Christian and barbarian identities: How were both the Roman and the… Leer más

Brepols Publishers, 2013. 1st. hardcover. New. 108x24x156.