Towns and their Territories Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Transformation of the Roman World, 9)

Book info: Towns and their Territories Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Transformation of the Roman World, 9) (Leather Bound, 440 pages) – Brill, 2003. Language: English.

The papers in this volume are contributed by leading historians, art historians and archaeologists and focus on 5 key themes: the evolution of settlement patterns in the Byzantine empire; the impact of barbarian elites in Spain, Gaul, Italy and Pannonia; the role of the Church in the definition of new links between town and territories; the situation in culturally homogenous territories such as Constantinople and the minor Langbard polities; the situation in economically defined territories.Contributions include papers by Gian Pietro Brogiolo, Pablo C. Díaz, Michel Fixot, Gisela Ripoll and Javier Arce, Sauro Gelichi, Wolfram Brandes and John Haldon, Nancy Gauthier, Gisella Cantino Wataghin, Ross Balzaretti, Martina Caroli, Neil Christie, Bryan Ward-Perkins and John Mitchell. Editorial Reviews Review "…a valuable book, which draws together evidence from a wide range of regions, periods and sources, and represents current scholarly consensus while also offering new insights." – Tamara Lewit, in: The Classical Review, 2003 About the Author Gian Pietro Brogiolo teaches Medieval Archaeology at Padua University.
Nancy Gauthier teaches Ancient History at the Université François-Rabelais (Tours).
Neil Christie is lecturer in Medieval Archaeology at Leicester University.