North Africa under Byzantium and Early Islam /
Susan T. Stevens and Jonathan P. Conant, editors.
- xii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine symposia and colloquia .
- Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine symposia and colloquia. .
Papers originally presented at the seventieth Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies Symposium, "Rome Re-Imagined: Byzantine and Early Islamic North Africa, ca. 500-800" (27-29 April 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: re-imagining Byzantine Africa / Procopius's Vandal war : thematic trajectories and hidden transcripts / Gelimer's slaughter : the case for late Vandal Africa / The Saharan Berber diaspora and the southern frontiers of Byzantine North Africa / The Islamic conquest and the defense of Byzantine Africa : reconsiderations on campaigns, conquests, and contexts / Carthage in transition : from late Byzantine city to medieval villages / The transformation of ancient land- and cityscapes in early medieval North Africa / The contribution of medieval Arabic sources to the historical geography of Byzantine Africa / From Vandal Africa to Arab Ifriqiya : tracing ceramic and economic trends through the fifth to the eleventh centuries / Regio dives in omnibus bonis ornata : the African economy from the Vandals to the Arab conquest in the light of coin evidence / Sanctity and the networks of empire in Byzantine North Africa / Beyond spolia : architectural memory and adaptation in the churches of late antique North Africa / Public order, private power, and the politics of the secular : marriage, law, and Christian rhetoric in Vandal Africa / Exegesis and dissent in Byzantine North Africa / Sounds from a silent land : the Latin poetry of Byzantine North Africa / Byzantine and early Islamic Africa, ca. 500-800 : concluding remarks / Susan T. Stevens and Jonathan P. Conant -- Anthony Kaldellis -- Andy Merrills -- Elizabeth Fentress and Andrew Wilson -- Walter E. Kaegi -- Susan T. Stevens -- Philipp von Rummel -- Mohamed Benabbès -- Paul Reynolds -- Cécile Morrisson -- Jonathan P. Conant -- Ann Marie Yasin -- Kate Cooper -- Leslie Dossey -- Gregory Hays -- Peter Brown.
9780884024088 0884024083
40025682458
2015000844
To 1517
Vandals--History--Africa, North--Congresses.
International relations.
Vandals.
Islam
Africa, North--History--To 647--Congresses.
Africa, North--History--647-1517--Congresses.
Africa, North--Relations--Byzantine Empire--Congresses.
Byzantine Empire--Relations--Africa, North--Congresses.
Africa, North.
Byzantine Empire.
Byzantinisches Reich
Nordafrika
Empire byzantin.
Empire islamique.
Maghreb.
Byzantine Empire--Relations--Africa, North.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
DT171 / .N67 2016
961/.022
Papers originally presented at the seventieth Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies Symposium, "Rome Re-Imagined: Byzantine and Early Islamic North Africa, ca. 500-800" (27-29 April 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: re-imagining Byzantine Africa / Procopius's Vandal war : thematic trajectories and hidden transcripts / Gelimer's slaughter : the case for late Vandal Africa / The Saharan Berber diaspora and the southern frontiers of Byzantine North Africa / The Islamic conquest and the defense of Byzantine Africa : reconsiderations on campaigns, conquests, and contexts / Carthage in transition : from late Byzantine city to medieval villages / The transformation of ancient land- and cityscapes in early medieval North Africa / The contribution of medieval Arabic sources to the historical geography of Byzantine Africa / From Vandal Africa to Arab Ifriqiya : tracing ceramic and economic trends through the fifth to the eleventh centuries / Regio dives in omnibus bonis ornata : the African economy from the Vandals to the Arab conquest in the light of coin evidence / Sanctity and the networks of empire in Byzantine North Africa / Beyond spolia : architectural memory and adaptation in the churches of late antique North Africa / Public order, private power, and the politics of the secular : marriage, law, and Christian rhetoric in Vandal Africa / Exegesis and dissent in Byzantine North Africa / Sounds from a silent land : the Latin poetry of Byzantine North Africa / Byzantine and early Islamic Africa, ca. 500-800 : concluding remarks / Susan T. Stevens and Jonathan P. Conant -- Anthony Kaldellis -- Andy Merrills -- Elizabeth Fentress and Andrew Wilson -- Walter E. Kaegi -- Susan T. Stevens -- Philipp von Rummel -- Mohamed Benabbès -- Paul Reynolds -- Cécile Morrisson -- Jonathan P. Conant -- Ann Marie Yasin -- Kate Cooper -- Leslie Dossey -- Gregory Hays -- Peter Brown.
9780884024088 0884024083
40025682458
2015000844
To 1517
Vandals--History--Africa, North--Congresses.
International relations.
Vandals.
Islam
Africa, North--History--To 647--Congresses.
Africa, North--History--647-1517--Congresses.
Africa, North--Relations--Byzantine Empire--Congresses.
Byzantine Empire--Relations--Africa, North--Congresses.
Africa, North.
Byzantine Empire.
Byzantinisches Reich
Nordafrika
Empire byzantin.
Empire islamique.
Maghreb.
Byzantine Empire--Relations--Africa, North.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
DT171 / .N67 2016
961/.022