Title Slavery in the late antique world, 150-700 CE / edited by Chris L. de Wet, University of South Africa, Maijastina Kahlos, University of Helsinki, Ville Vuolanto, Tampere University

Edition 1 edition Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 359 pages) Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- A Note on Abbreviations and Sources Used -- Introduction Late Antique Studies and the New Polyphony for Slave Studies -- Part I Moral and Symbolic Values of Slavery -- 1 Masters and Slaves in Early Christian Discourse -- 2 Slavery and Religion in Late Antiquity: Their Relation to Asceticism and Justice in Christianity and Judaism -- 3 (Il)Legal Freedom: Christ as Liberator from Satanic Debt Bondage in Greek Homilies and Hymns of Late Antiquity 4 Late Roman Ideas of Ethnicity and Enslavement -- Part II Slavery, Cultural Discourses, and Identity -- 5 Slavery in Euphemia and the Goth -- 6 What Was Jewish about Jewish Slavery in Late Antiquity? -- 7 Divining Slavery in Late Ancient Egypt: Doulology in the Monastic Works of Paul of Tamma and Shenoute -- 8 Rural Slavery in Late Roman Gaul: Literary Genres, Theoretical Frames, and Narratives -- Part III Slavery, Social History, and the Papyrological and Epigraphical Sources -- 9 Slaves in Sixth-Century Palestine in the Light of Papyrological Evidence 10 Enslaved Children in Roman Egypt: Experiences from the Papyri -- 11 Late Antique Slavery in Epigraphic Evidence -- Part IV Social and Religious Histories of Slavery on the Borders of the Empire and Beyond -- 12 Slavery among the Visigoths -- 13 Sinner, Slave, Bishop, Saint: The Social and Religious Vicissitudes of St Patrick -- 14 Slave Boys in Paradise? The Text of the Quran and Its Later Exegetes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "Slavery in the Late Antique World, 150-700 CE investigates the ideological, moral, cultural, and symbolic aspects of slavery, as well the living conditions of slaves in the Mediterranean basin and Europe during a period of profound transformation. It focuses on socially marginal areas and individuals on an unprecedented scale. Written by an international team of scholars, the volume establishes that late ancient slavery is a complex and polymorphous phenomenon, one that was conditioned by culture and geography. Rejecting preconceived ideas about slavery as static and without regional variation, it offers focused case studies spanning the late ancient period. They provide in-depth analyses of authors and works, and consider a range of factors relevant to the practice of slavery in specific geographical locations. Using comparative and methodologically innovative approaches, this book revisits and questions established assumptions about late ancient slavery. It also enables fresh insights into one of humanity's most tragic institutions"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 1, 2022) Subject Slavery -- History Enslaved persons -- Social conditions Slavery Enslaved persons -- Social conditions Esclavitud -- Història. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author De Wet, Chris L., 1982- editor. Kahlos, Maijastina, editor Vuolanto, Ville, editor LC no. 2021028678 ISBN 9781108568159 1108568157 9781108753548 110875354X

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