Empire to Commonwealth : Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity / / Garth Fowden

• Autore: Fowden Garth
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [post 2006], 1993; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021; ©[post 2006], 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 205 p. ) : ill., map
• Disciplina: 949.501
• Soggetto topico: Cywilizacja islamska - 622-1258; Religia i kultura; Monoteizm
• Soggetto geografico: Rzym (państwo) cywilizacja; Bizantyjskie, Cesarstwo cywilizacja
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Abbasids; Arabia, southern; Baghdad; Buddhism; Caliphate; Cappadocia; Diocletian, Roman emperor; Edessa; Ethiopia; Ghassanid Arabs; Goths; Himyar; Iberia (Eastern Georgia); Indian Ocean; Islamic Empire; Jerusalem; Julian, Roman emperor; Kebra Nagast; Khusrau I, Sasanian emperor; Manichaeism; Mazdaism; Najran; Nestorianism; Ottomans; Romano-Iranian relations; Sasanian Empire; Spain; Umayyads; Zarathushtra; commonwealth; polytheism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Note on transliteration and references -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The world's two eyes: Iran, Rome, and the pursuit of world empire -- 2. Polytheist Rome: Toward cultural universalism within empire -- 3. The Fertile Crescent: Cultural universalism between and beyond empires -- 4. Constantine: Christian empire and crusade -- 5. The First Byzantine Commonwealth: Interactions of political and cultural universalism -- 6. Islam: World empire, then commonwealth -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this bold approach to late antiquity, Garth Fowden shows how, from the second-century peak of Rome's prosperity to the ninth-century onset of the Islamic Empire's decline, powerful beliefs in One God were used to justify and strengthen "world empires." But tensions between orthodoxy and heresy that were inherent in monotheism broke the unitary empires of Byzantium and Baghdad into the looser, more pluralistic commonwealths of Eastern Christendom and Islam. With rare breadth of vision, Fowden traces this transition from empire to commonwealth, and in the process exposes the sources of major cultural contours that still play a determining role in Europe and southwest Asia.
• Titolo autorizzato: Empire to commonwealth
• ISBN: 1-4008-4424-X; 0-691-06989-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248053803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.