Slaveries of the First Millennium / / Youval Rotman.

This book draws upon new insights into the study of slavery to reinterpret and survey anew the early medieval Mediterranean from the point of view of slavery, and to present a new historiographical perspective on the subject. Offering a synthesis of recent scholarship on slavery, this book reveals t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Past Imperfect
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Physical Description:1 online resource (151 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Whence Slavery?
  • Chapter 1. From Present to Past and Back
  • Chapter 2. Slavery between Two Phenomena: Empire and Christianity
  • Chapter 3. Enslavement, Captivity, and the Monotheistic Turn
  • Chapter 4. New Polities, New Societies, New Economies
  • Chapter 5. Migration, Integration, Connectivity
  • Conclusion: Slavery as Historical Process— Towards a New Definition
  • Further Reading