The Cambridge companion to the Age of Attila / edited by Michael Maas, Rice University.
| Other author | Maas, Michael, 1951- |
| Other author | Cambridge University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xviii, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Cambridge Companions |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Age of Attila |
| Series | [Cambridge companions to the ancient world] |
| Contents | Part I. The Roman Empire -- Reversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila / Michael Maas -- Government and mechanisms of control, east and west / Geoffrey Greatrex -- Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila / Peter Sarris -- Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx / Kenneth G. Holum -- Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century / Raymond Van Dam -- Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century / Brian Croke -- Military developments in the fifth century / Hugh Elton -- Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila / Caroline Humfress -- Romanness in the Age of Attila / Jonathan P. Conant -- Part II. Attila and the world around Rome -- The steppe world and the rise of the Huns / Étienne de la Vaissière -- Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact / Christopher Kelly -- The huns and barbarian Europe / Peter Heather -- Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire / Noel Lenski -- Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building / Walter Pohl -- Kingdoms of north Africa / Andy Merrills -- The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns / Richard Payne -- Part III. Religious and cultural transformation -- Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century / Susanna Elm -- Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great / Susan Wessel -- Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410 / Michele Renee Salzman -- Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire / Joseph E. Sanzo and Ra'anan Boustan -- Ordering intellectual life / Edward Watts -- Real and imagined geography / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson. |
| General note | Source of series: Publisher's Website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-467) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014009752 |
| ISBN | 9781107021754 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781107633889 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |