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- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) : maps.
- Summary
- "This volume is the first to survey village institutions in Egypt during the first eight centuries AD, from the beginning of Roman rule to the early Arab period. Villages in the ancient Mediterranean world, in contrast to cities, have been little studied and the communal life of the majority rural population is ill understood. The rich evidence of the documentary papyri from Egypt, half of which come from village sites, permits both study of topics in detail andcomparisons across time. This volume covers rural institutions including associations, local officials, banks, record-offices, legal procedures, festivals and monasteries. It identifies and discusses recurrent issues and structural changes in the power relationships between the central and regionalcity-based authorities and the rural population and their representatives in Egypt, and aims to stimulate comparative study of villages in other areas of the ancient world."--
- Series Statement
- Proceedings of the British Academy, 0068-1202 ; 231
- Uniform Title
- Village institutions in Egypt in the Roman to early Arab periods (Online)
- Proceedings of the British Academy ; 231.
- Subject
- Note
- "The papers collected in this volume are much revised versions of the papers given at a conference on 'Institutions in Villages in Egypt from the Early Roman to the Fatimid Period' held at King's College London on 3-4 July 2014--Preface.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Current Copyright Fee: GBP5.00
- Contents
- Introduction / Micaela Langellotti and Dominic Rathbone -- Police procedures and petitions in Roman Egypt : the role of village officials / Roberto Mascellari -- Private associations and village life in early Roman Egypt / Mario C..D. Paganini -- Elders (presbuteroi) of the farmers and of the village in Roman Egypt: the cases of Bacchias and Karanis / Silvia Strassi -- The association of state farmers and its role in village administration in Roman Egypt / Thomas Kruse -- Record-offices in villages in Roman Egypt / Micaela Langellotti -- Village or town: Did it matter for making wills in Roman Egypt? / Maria Nowak -- Private banks in villages of Roman Egypt / François Lerouxel -- Festivals and ceremonies in the countryside / Andrea Jö -- Fiscal institution or local community? The village koinon in Late Antiquity (fourth-eighth centuries) / Lajos Berkes -- The monastery of Apa Apollo as landowner and employer / Gesa Schenke -- 'Great Men', churchmen, and the others: forms of authority in the villages of the Umayyad period / Arietta Papaconstantinou.
- LCCN
- 2021287477
- OCLC
- ssj0002571301
- Title
Village institutions in Egypt in the Roman to early Arab periods [electronic resource] / edited by Micaela Langellotti and Dominic Rathbone.
- Imprint
Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
Proceedings of the British Academy, 0068-1202 ; 231
Proceedings of the British Academy ; 231. 0068-1202
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Terms Of Use
Current Copyright Fee: GBP5.00 0. Uk
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- Chronological Term
To 1500
- Added Author
Langellotti, Micaela, 1980-
Rathbone, Dominic.