Slavery in the Late Roman World AD 275-425. - HARPER, K.,
KORTE INHOUD
'This study of Roman slavery spans the period roughly from Diocletian until the end of the reign of Honorius. Nonetheless, it would be of great interest to both the specialist on Roman slavery in the classical period and the early medievalist. The central thesis of the book is that during the long fourth century, the Roman Empire was still a slave society. The last three decades of research have undermined the theory that slavery decayed and was replaced by other forms of unfree labour after the third-century crisis. However, no alternative explanatory model has been proposed. Harper aims to construct that model ?from the ground up? (p. 21). His main argument is that slavery was an integral component of the Roman imperial system, an exceptionally complex and integrated world-economy not seen anywhere else in pre-modern times. Harper rejects the idea of transition to serfdom and feudalism. Instead, he replaces it with a simpler model in which the key variables are supply and (most importantly) demand. Accordin...
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2015Uitgever: Cambrdige University Press626 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107640814ISBN-13: 9781107640818Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge, 2015. 1st paperback ed. XIV,611p. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: HARPER, K.,] [Uitgever: Cambrdige University Press] [Jaar: 2015] [Titel: Slavery in the Late Roman World AD 275-425.]
