Late Antiquity to the Beginnings of the Modern Era
In: Identity Politics in India and Europe, S. 3-7
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In: Identity Politics in India and Europe, S. 3-7
In: Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
In: Childhood in the past: an international journal, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 79-99
ISSN: 2040-8528
In: Cahiers du monde russe: Russie, Empire Russe, Union Soviétique, Etats Indépendants ; revue trimestrielle, Band 63, Heft 3-4, S. 855-859
ISSN: 1777-5388
In: Political and legal anthropology review: PoLAR, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 254-275
ISSN: 1555-2934
In: Oxford classical monographs
In: The Transformation of Foreign Policy, S. 105-124
In: ‘We have no king but Christ’, S. 67-81
In: Historical materialism: research in critical marxist theory, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 207-220
ISSN: 1569-206X
In: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
In: Transformation of the Roman World 9
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
"Philanthropy," "charity," and related concepts were well known to late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Rulers, wealthy individuals and, early on, the Christian church founded hospitals, distributed food, and established forms of relief for the needy of various sorts throughout the period. The problem comes in interpreting these activities, their motives, and their goals. Is the philanthropia of a pre-Christian philosopher of a piece with the agape, or Christian love, of a fourth-century bishop? When the Roman emperor provides bread and circuses, what does he intend and why does he do it? Does the twelfth-century nobleman intend the same? As with so many of our social, moral, and political concepts, placing "philanthropy" and its premodern cognates in their historical and intellectual context highlights our contemporary understanding of philanthropic work and its place in our moral world.
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