The new late antiquity : s gallery of intellectual portraits / edited by Clifford Ando, Marco Formisano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ando, Clifford, 1969- editor.

Contributor:

Formisano, Marco, editor.

Series:

Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften ; 162.

Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften. 2. Reihe, 0067-8201 ; Band 162

The library of the other antiquity

Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften ; 162

Language:

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

657 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2021]

Language Note:

Contributions partly in English, partly in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Summary:

The rediscovery and reconstruction of late antiquity as an independent era with its own character represent a relatively recent product of historiographical debate, but the roots of this process are to be found already in the work of scholars of the late 19th century. Above all the idea of an age of decline and fall which marked late antiquity since Edward Gibbon's colossal 'History' has been gradually abandoned. Today, late antique studies are not only flourishing but represent perhaps one of most exciting fields within classical studies. For this volume, contemporary, internationally recognized scholars of late antiquity working in a range of academic contexts, intellectual styles, and languages (English, German, French, Italian) were invited to sketch intellectual portraits of key figures whose work decisively contributed to the emergence of what the editors of this volume call "the new late antiquity". --back cover

ISBN:

9783825347215

3825347214

OCLC:

1261497975

Publisher Number:

9783825347215