Peasant and empire in Christian North Africa / Leslie Dossey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dossey, Leslie, 1968-

Series:

Transformation of the classical heritage ; 47.

The transformation of the classical heritage ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--Africa, North--History.

Peasants.

Rome--History.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence, Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa, a convergence of economic interests narrowed the gap between the rustici and the urbani, creating a consumer revolution of sorts among the peasants. This book's postcolonial perspective points to the empowerment of the North African peasants and gives voice to lower social classes across the Roman world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Historical Overview

2. Rural Consumption in Early Imperial North Africa

3. A Late Antique Consumer Revolution?

4. Frustrated Communities: The Rise and Fall of the Self- Governing Village

5. Bishops Where No Bishops Should Be: The Phenomenon of the Rural Bishopric

6. Preaching to Peasants

7. Reinterpreting Rebellion: Textual Communities and the Circumcellions

Conclusion

Appendix. The Identifiable Rural Bishoprics

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612764059

9781282764057

1282764055

9780520947771

0520947770

OCLC:

673517997