Andrew Gillett

Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411-533 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Warfare and dislocation are obvious features of the break-up of the late Roman West, but this crucial period of change was characterized also by communication and diplomacy. The great events of the late antique West were determined by the quieter labours of countless envoys, who travelled between emperors, kings, generals, high officials, bishops, provincial councils, and cities. This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of re-conquest. It shows how ongoing practices of Roman imperial administration shaped new patterns of political interaction in the novel context of the earliest medieval states. Close analysis of sources with special interest in embassies offers insight into a variety of genres: chronicles, panegyrics, hagiographies, letters and epitaph. This study makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511058431
• Artikelnr.: 38187840

Autorenporträt

Andrew Gillett is Research Fellow in the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Embassies and political communication in the post-imperial world
2. The provincial view of Hydatius
3. The hero as envoy: Sidonium Appollinaris's Panegyric on Avitus
4. The saint as envoy: fifth and sixth century Latin bishops' Lives
5. Cassiodorus and Senarius
6. Negotium Agendum
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography.