Empires and communities in the post-Roman and Islamic world, c. 400-1000 CE / / edited by Walter Pohl and Rutger Kramer.

• Superior document: Oxford studies in early empires
• TeilnehmendeR: Pohl, Walter, 1953-; Kramer, Rutger,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Oxford University Press,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford studies in early empires.; Oxford scholarship online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (385 pages).
• Notes: Also issued in print: 2021.; "This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page.

This volume deals with the ways empires affect smaller communities and vice versa. It raises the question how these different types of community were integrated into larger imperial structures, and how tensions between local and central interests affected the development of the post-Roman West, Byzantium and the early Islamic world.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World -- 2. The Emergence of New Polities in the Breakup of the Abbasid Caliphate -- 3. The Emergence of New Polities in the Breakup of the Western Roman Empire -- 4. Comparative Perspectives: Differences between the Dissolution of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Western Roman Empire -- 5. Fragmentation and Integration: A Response to the Contributions by Hugh Kennedy and Walter Pohl -- 6. Historicizing Resilience: The Paradox of the Medieval East Roman State-Collapse, Adaptation, and Survival -- 7. Processions, Power, and Community Identity: East and West -- 8. Death of a Patriarch: The Murder of Yūḥannā ibn Jamī (d. 966) and the Question of "Melkite" Identity in Early Islamic Palestine -- 9. Diversity and Convergence: The Accommodation of Ethnic and Legal Pluralism in the Carolingian Empire -- 10. Franks, Romans, and Countrymen: Imperial Interests, Local Identities, and the Carolingian Conquest of Aquitaine -- 11. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Yemeni Arab Identity in Abbasid Iraq -- 12. Loyal and Knowledgeable Supporters: Integrating Egyptian Elites in Early Islamic Egypt -- 13. Concluding Thoughts: Empires and Communities -- Bibliography -- Index.