The Byzantine and early Islamic Near East
Subtitle: papers of the First Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam.
Contributors: Cameron, Averil.; Conrad, Lawrence I., 1949-; King, G. R. D.; Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam (1st : 1989 : London, England)
Series: Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ;; 1-; Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ;; 1, etc.
Publisher: Darwin Press; 27Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Land settlement -- Middle East.; Middle East -- History -- To 622 -- Historiography.; Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661 -- Historiography.; Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750 -- Historiography.
Description: This volume series presents a collection of critical analyses of the structure, historical development, and composition of the elite strata of late Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic societies in the eastern Mediterranean basin. Elite culture and elite strata in societies leave an unmistakable record in the literature and in the visual and material culture of the world. The contributors to this series set out to analyze aspects of these phenomena in the late ancient and early medieval eastern Mediterranean world. Culture change, economic foundations, political roles and function, social composition, and background and origins of old and new elites are the focus of the contributions by scholars who deal with the fate of the later Roman elite and its successors. The ways in which elites perceived themselves and how they created, maintained, and enhanced their identity, and the ways in which others both within and outside of their own society and culture saw them are important! themes. The structure of new Byzantine elites and the role of late Roman and Byzantine provincial elite society, the development of new elites in early Islamic society, the role played by pre-state elites and their fluctuating identities in the context of clan and tribal social organizations are all treated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vol. 2 : papers of the 2nd workshop on late antiquity and early Islam.
Vol. 3 : papers of the 3rd workshop on late antiquity and early Islam.
Vol. 6 : papers of the 6th workshop on late antiquity and early Islam.
Table of contents: title: 1. Problems in the literary source material / edited by Averil Cameron and Lawrence I. Conrad; title: 2. Land use and settlement patterns / edited by G.R.D. King and Averil Cameron; title: 3. States, resources, and armies / edited by Averil Cameron; title: 6. Elites old and new in the Byzantine and early Islamic Near East / edited by John Haldon and Lawrence I. Conrad