The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia -  Alex M. Feldman

The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia

From the Eighth to the Thirteenth Century
Buch | Softcover
312 Seiten
2024
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7811-3 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
What is the line between the ancient and medieval worlds? 330? 476? 800? Most historians acknowledge that these are arbitrary distinctions, but they remain nevertheless, taking on lives of their own. Alex Feldman challenging us to see them as the same world, except for the imposition of a given monotheism.
What is the line between the ancient and medieval worlds? 330? 476? 800? Most historians acknowledge that these are arbitrary distinctions, but they remain nevertheless, taking on lives of their own. Alex Feldman is challenging us to see them as the same world, except for the imposition of a given monotheism.In this process, he studies top-down, monotheistic conversions in Western Eurasia and their respective mythologisations, preserved both textually and archaeologically, serving as the foundation of recognisable state-formation. Applying this idea to Byzantium's policies around the Black and Caspian Seas, he reveals how what we today call the 'Migration-Age' continued perpetually up to the Mongolian invasions and perhaps later. This book enhances our understanding, not only of Western history, but presents it in the context of global monotheisation.
Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Edinburgh Byzantine Studies
Zusatzinfo 1 black and white illustration, 1 black and white map
Verlagsort Edinburgh
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4744-7811-5 / 1474478115
ISBN-13 978-1-4744-7811-3 / 9781474478113
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