Title The city in the classical and post-classical world / [edited by] Claudia Rapp, H.A. Drake

Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: Polis, empire, oikoumene : a world reconfigured / Claudia Rapp and H.A. Drake -- A covenant between gods and men : hiera kai hosia and the Greek polis / Josine Blok -- Hellenistic imperialism and the ideal of world unity / Rolf Strootman -- Lawyers and citizens from republic to empire : Gaius on the Twelve Tables and Antonine Rome / Jill Harries -- Laws' empire : universalism and legal practice / Caroline Humfress -- A most unusual empire : Rome in the fourth century / Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Mobility and identity between the second and the fourth century CE : the "cosmopolitization" of the Roman Empire / Claudia Moatti -- City and citizenship as Christian metaphors in the Greek fathers / Claudia Rapp -- Church-festival-temple : reimagining civic topography in late antiquity / Susanna Elm -- Leo the Great : responses to crisis and the shaping of a Christian cosmopolis / Michele Renee Salzman -- The battle of the maps in a Christian empire / Emily Albu -- Topographies of power in late antiquity and beyond / H.A. Drake -- Postscript: Cities, citizenship, and the work of empire / Clifford Ando Summary "This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Beginning in the first century CE, the universal claims of Hellenistic and Roman imperialism began to be challenged by the growing role of Christianity in shaping the primary allegiances and identities of citizens. An international team of scholars considers the extent of urban transformation, and with it, of cultural and civic identity, as practices and institutions associated with the city-state came to be replaced by those of the Christian community. The twelve essays gathered here develop an innovative research agenda by asking new questions: What was the effect on political ideology and civic identity of the transition from the city culture of the ancient world to the ruralized systems of the middle ages? How did perceptions of empire and oikoumene respond to changed political circumstances? How did Christianity redefine the context of citizenship?"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Cities and towns, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region City and town life -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Citizenship -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Social change -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Religion and politics -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Political culture -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Group identity -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. Cities and towns, Ancient Citizenship City and town life Group identity Imperialism -- Social aspects Political culture Politics and government Religion and politics Social change Social conditions SUBJECT Mediterranean Region -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005010 Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083234 Subject Mediterranean Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Rapp, Claudia. Drake, H. A. (Harold Allen), 1942- ISBN 9781139922227 113992222X 9781139507042 1139507044

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