LEADER 03405nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910828740503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-76405-5 010 $a9786612764059 010 $a0-520-94777-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520947771 035 $a(CKB)2670000000043915 035 $a(EBL)579798 035 $a(OCoLC)673517997 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424999 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11281184 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424999 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10476568 035 $a(PQKB)11452802 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055811 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC579798 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31078 035 $a(DE-B1597)520823 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520947771 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL579798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10412736 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276405 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000043915 100 $a20091217d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeasant and empire in Christian North Africa /$fLeslie Dossey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 225 1 $aThe transformation of the classical heritage ;$v47 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25439-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Historical Overview -- $t2. Rural Consumption in Early Imperial North Africa -- $t3. A Late Antique Consumer Revolution? -- $t4. Frustrated Communities: The Rise and Fall of the Self- Governing Village -- $t5. Bishops Where No Bishops Should Be: The Phenomenon of the Rural Bishopric -- $t6. Preaching to Peasants -- $t7. Reinterpreting Rebellion: Textual Communities and the Circumcellions -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix. The Identifiable Rural Bishoprics -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence, Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa, a convergence of economic interests narrowed the gap between the rustici and the urbani, creating a consumer revolution of sorts among the peasants. This book's postcolonial perspective points to the empowerment of the North African peasants and gives voice to lower social classes across the Roman world. 410 0$aTransformation of the classical heritage ;$v47. 606 $aPeasants$zAfrica, North$xHistory 607 $aRome$xHistory 615 0$aPeasants$xHistory. 676 $a305.5/6330939709015 700 $aDossey$b Leslie$f1968-$01718616 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828740503321 996 $aPeasant and empire in Christian North Africa$94115704 997 $aUNINA