Egypt in the Byzantine world, 300-700 /

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Other Authors: Bagnall, Roger S.

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Language: English

Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Call Number: DT60 .E2995 2007

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245 0 0 |a Egypt in the Byzantine world, 300-700 /  |c edited by Roger S. Bagnall. 
264 1 |a Cambridge, UK ;   |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2007. 
300 |a xv, 464 pages :   |b illustrations ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a pt. 1. The culture of Byzantine Egypt. Poets and pagans in Byzantine Egypt / Alan Cameron ; Higher education in early Byzantine Egypt: Rhetoric, Latin, and the law / Raffaella Cribiore ; Philosophy in its social context / Leslie S.B. MacCoull ; Coptic literature in the Byzantine and early Islamic world / Stephen Emmel ; Early Christian architecture in Egypt and its relationship to the architecture of the Byzantine world / Peter Grossmann ; Coptic and Byzantine textiles found in Egypt: Corpora, collections, and scholarly perspectives / Thelma K. Thomas ; Between tradition and innovation: Egyptian funerary practices in late antiquity / Françoise Dunand -- pt. 2. Government, environments, society and economy. Alexandria in the fourth to seventh centuries / Zsolt Kiss ; The other cities in later Roman Egypt / Peter van Minnen ; Byzantine Egyptian villages / James G. Keenan ; The imperial presence: Government and army / Bernhard Palme ; Byzantine Egypt and imperial law / Joélle Beaucamp ; Aristocratic landholding and the economy of Byzantine Egypt / Todd M. Hickey ; Gender and society in Byzantine Egypt / T.G. Wilfong -- pt. 3. Christianity : the church and monasticism. The institutional church / Ewa Wipszycka ; The cult of saints: A haven of continuity in a changing world? / Arietta Papaconstantinou -- Divine architects: Designing the monastic dwelling place / Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom ; Monasticism in Byzantine Egypt: Continuity and memory / James E. Goehring ; Depicting the kingdom of heaven: Paintings and monastic practice in early Byzantine Egypt / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- pt. 4. Epilogue. The Arab conquest of Egypt and the beginning of Muslim rule / Petra M. Sijpesteijn. 
651 0 |a Egypt  |x Civilization  |y 332 B.C.-638 A.D. 
651 0 |a Egypt  |x Civilization  |y 638-1798. 
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