Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700

Name: Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700
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ISBN: 9780521871372

ISBN-10: 0521871379

ISBN-13: 9780521871372

Edition: 2007

Authors: Roger S. Bagnall

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Egypt in the period from the reign of the emperor Constantine to the Arab conquest was both a vital part of the Late Roman and Byzantine world, participating fully in the culture of its wider Mediterranean society, and a distinctive milieu, launched on a path to developing the Coptic Christian culture that we see fully only after the end of Byzantine rule. This book is the first comprehensive survey of Egypt to treat this entire period including the first half-century of Arab rule. Twenty-one renowned specialists present the history, society, economy, culture, religious institutions, art and architecture of the period. Topics covered range from elite literature to mummification and from…

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List price: $137.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 482
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.21" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


List of abbreviations



Introduction




The Culture of Byzantine Egypt



Poets and pagans in Byzantine Egypt




Higher education in early Byzantine Egypt: Rhetoric, Latin, and the law




Philosophy in its social context




Coptic literature in the Byzantine and early Islamic world




Early Christian architecture in Egypt and its relationship to the architecture of the Byzantine world




Coptic and Byzantine textiles found in Egypt: Corpora, collections, and scholarly perspectives




Between tradition and innovation: Egyptian funerary practices in late antiquity




Government, Environments, Society, and Economy



Alexandria in the fourth to seventh centuries




The other cities in later Roman Egypt




Byzantine Egyptian villages




The imperial presence: Government and army




Byzantine Egypt and imperial law




Aristocratic landholding and the economy of Byzantine Egypt




Gender and society in Byzantine Egypt




Christianity: The Church and Monasticism



The institutional church




The cult of saints: A haven of continuity in a changing world?




Divine architects: Designing the monastic dwelling place




Monasticism in Byzantine Egypt: Continuity and memory




Depicting the kingdom of heaven: Paintings and monastic practice in early Byzantine Egypt




Epilogue



The Arab conquest of Egypt and the beginning of Muslim rule



Index