The Cambridge world history of slavery. Volume 1, The ancient Mediterranean world / edited by Keith Bradley, Paul Cartledge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradley, K. R. (Keith R.), 1946- editor.

Cartledge, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Slave trade.

Slavery--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Slavery.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 620 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery, which is argued to have been a cultural manifestation of the ubiquitous violence in societies typified by incessant warfare. There was never any sustained opposition to slavery, and the new religion of Christianity probably reinforced rather than challenged its existence. In twenty-two chapters, leading scholars explore the centrality of slavery in ancient Mediterranean life using a wide range of textual and material evidence. Non-specialist readers in particular will find the volume an accessible account of the early history of this crucial phenomenon.

Contents:

Slavery in the ancient Near East / Daniel C. Snell

Slaves in Greek literary culture / Peter Hunt

Classical Athens / T.E. Rihll

The Helots: a contemporary review / Paul Cartledge

Slavery and economy in the Greek world / Dimitris J. Kyrtatas

The slave supply in classical Greece / David Braund

Slavery and the Greek family / Mark Golden

Resistance among chattel slaves in the classical Greek world / Niall McKeown

Archaeology and Greek slavery / Ian Morris

Slavery in the Hellenistic world / Dorothy J. Thompson

Slavery and Roman literary culture / Sandra R. Joshel

Slavery in the Roman Republic / Keith Bradley

Slavery under the Principate / Neville Morley

The Roman slave supply / Walter Scheidel

Slave labour and Roman society / John Bodel

Slavery and the Roman family / Jonathan Edmondson

Resisting slavery at Rome / Keith Bradley

Slavery and Roman material culture / Michele George

Slavery and Roman law / Jane F. Gardner

Slavery and the Jews / Catherine Hezser

Slavery and the rise of Christianity / Jennifer Glancy

Slavery in the late Roman world / Cam Grey.

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ISBN:

9780511780349 (ebook)

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