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Transformations of Romanness [PDF]
, 2018 Few pre-modern empires had an impact on their subjects comparable to that of the Roman Empire. Over time, being Roman could mean many different things, e.g. Latin speakers under barbarian rule, subjects of the Byzantine empire or Christians in post-Roman
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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Roman victory propaganda – Revelation’s response: A historical and theological study
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesThe believers of Christ in the 1st century AD find themselves in a difficult situation. On one hand, they receive the gospel about Jesus’ victory over the world.
Łukasz Bergel
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Das Partherreich als Bindeglied der Seidenstraße zwischen China und Rom
Historia.scribere, 2019 This paper analyses the role of the Parthian Empire in the Silk Road trade between China and the Roman Empire. It examines Parthian, Roman and Chinese sources to achieve a better understanding of its importance for trade contacts along the Silk Road.
Bettina Darlap
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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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Roman Britain, life at the edge of empire
Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 2010 HOBBS, R; JACKSON, R. Roman Britain, life at the edge of empire. Londres, British Museum, 2010, 160 pp.
Pedro Paulo A. Funari
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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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Multilingualität und Recht in der Spätantike
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal HistoryThe present article examines the importance of multilingualism for Roman law via various case studies: The utilisation of Coptic and Syriac in legal documentation, the impact of the Syro-Roman lawbook extending beyond the confines of the Roman Empire up ...
Hartmut Leppin
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Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2023 The present paper is presenting the benefits of using huge database covering large areas – the Roman Empire and beyond – on a long chronological segment – 1st – 5th centuries AD.
Cristian GĂZDAC
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All Gone to the Dogs: Peasant and Aristocratic Masculinities in a Late Medieval Swiss Revolt
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines chronicle accounts of the so‐called ‘Waldmann Affair’, a revolt within the territories of the city–state of Zurich in 1489 directed against its mayor, Hans Waldmann. The revolt was partly the consequence of failed economic and political reforms which put pressure on the countryside, but was provoked by the command issued ...
Jamie Page
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