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The appearance in 1964 of A.H.M. Jones’ The Later Roman Empire 284–602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey transformed the study of the Late Antique world. In this volume a number of leading scholars reassess the impact of Jones’ great work, the influences that shaped his scholarship, and the legacy he left for later generations. Jones’ historical method, his fundamental knowledge of Late Roman political, social, economic and religious structures, and his famous assessment of the Decline and Fall of Rome are re-examined here in the light of modern research. This volume offers a valuable aid to academics and students alike who seek to better understand and exploit the priceless resource that is the Later Roman Empire . Contributors are Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey, David Gwynn, Peter Heather, Caroline Humfress, Luke Lavan, Wolfgang Liebeschuetz, Stefan Rebenich, Alexander Sarantis, Roger Tomlin, Bryan Ward-Perkins, and Michael Whitby.

Jones, A. H. M. --- Rome --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Historiography. --- Histoire --- Historiographie --- Europe

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Pour Pierre Bonnechere, l’histoire est le compte rendu raisonné d’une enquête scientifique dans un passé humain à jamais refermé sur lui-même, sous le regard amusé de trois fées retorses, nommées Vérité, Chance et Objectivité. Sensible aux questions de méthode, l’auteur prend ses exemples en des périodes et en des lieux divers, de l’Antiquité au XXIe siècle, de la Grèce et de Rome au Québec. Il réfléchit autant aux problèmes concrets rencontrés par les historiens qu’à leur statut dans l’histoire. Le paradoxe n’est qu’apparent : l’histoire est elle-même un objet d’histoire.

Historians. --- History --- Social aspects. --- Annals --- Historiographers --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Scholars --- Historiens. --- Histoire --- Aspect social. --- historiographie --- histoire --- historien --- discipline

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Stephanie Budin demonstrates that sacred prostitution, the sale of a person's body for sex in which some or all of the money earned was devoted to a deity or a temple, did not exist in the ancient world. Reconsidering the evidence from the ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman texts, and the early Christian authors, Budin shows that the majority of sources that have traditionally been understood as pertaining to sacred prostitution actually have nothing to do with this institution. The few texts that are usually invoked on this subject are, moreover, terribly misunderstood. Contrary to many current hypotheses, the creation of the myth of sacred prostitution has nothing to do with notions of accusation or the construction of a decadent, Oriental 'Other'. Instead, the myth has come into being as a result of more than 2,000 years of misinterpretations, false assumptions, and faulty methodology.

Prostitution --- Dans la littérature --- Aspect religieux --- Historiographie --- Literature, Ancient --- Littérature ancienne --- History --- Historiography. --- Religious aspects. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique --- Historiographie. --- Female prostitution --- Hustling (Prostitution) --- Prostitution, Female --- Sex trade (Prostitution) --- Sex work (Prostitution) --- Street prostitution --- Trade, Sex (Prostitution) --- White slave traffic --- White slavery --- Work, Sex (Prostitution) --- Sex-oriented businesses --- Brothels --- Pimps --- Procuresses --- Red-light districts --- Sex crimes --- Arts and Humanities --- Sex work

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L’histoire de l’impôt, de la monnaie et des institutions financières propres à la principauté bretonne du temps des ducs de la maison de Montfort (1364-1514) a fourni sa nécessaire trame à la thèse d’État de Jean Kerhervé avec la mise en place et le développement des services centraux d’ordonnancement et de contrôle de la dépense, le renforcement des structures de gestion du domaine et, étape cruciale, l’institution de prélèvements réguliers sur les fruits de la terre, la consommation urbaine et les échanges marchands. L’impôt, sa perception, son emploi, les fluctuations de la monnaie dessinent un premier axe de ce livre : l’histoire des finances. Cependant, sans les hommes qui les animent, les institutions ne seraient rien et Jean Kerhervé s’est toujours attaché à une approche sociale des milieux professionnels liés au monde de l’argent. Les gens de finance, qu’ils soient gestionnaires de quelque fraction reculée du domaine ducal, receveurs de droits affermés, comptables centraux, conseillers de la Chambre des comptes… appartiennent tous à une parentèle avec sa stratégie propre, ses réussites, ses échecs parfois ; ils disposent aussi d’un patrimoine, et l’on connaît assez bien les manoirs ruraux comme les maisons en ville des plus fortunés. Grâce aux apports incomparables de la prosopographie, la connaissance des hommes, de leur culture, de leur mode de vie devient le prolongement naturel du dévoilement des mécanismes fiscaux. Cet argent collecté par le prince l’est dans la perspective d’affirmer le rang de son duché dans le concert des puissances atlantiques aux deux derniers siècles du Moyen Âge. La construction d’un État princier suppose aussi une idéologie qui le légitime. Le recours au passé se révèle essentiel pour l’illustrer : l’historiographie modèle le destin des principautés émergentes dans les décennies marquées par la guerre de Cent Ans. L’étude de ces convergences fécondées par la réinterprétation du passé oriente donc logiquement un dernier axe de…

Finance, Public --- Finance --- Taxation --- Finances publiques --- Finances --- Capitalistes et financiers --- Impôt --- Moyen Âge. --- Civilisation médiévale. --- Finanzverwaltung. --- Adel. --- Wirtschaft. --- Vermögen. --- History --- Histoire --- Kerhervé, Jean. --- France --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Public Finance --- Moyen Âge --- historiographie --- histoire des finances --- impôts --- histoire régionale --- XIVe-XVe siècles --- institutions financières

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Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman Empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book focuses on ways in which Tacitus' writing makes implicit claims about his relationship to Roman society and about the political consequentiality of historical writing. In a sense, this book suggests, his literary career and the sense of alienation his works project form the ideal complement to his very successful political career, which, while desirable, might nonetheless give the impression of degrading submission to emperors. The discussion combines careful attention to the historian's explicit programmatic discussion of his work with larger-scale analysis of stretches of narrative that have unspoken but significant implications for how we view the function and importance of Tacitus' work.

Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Rome --- Historiography. --- Tacite --- Tacitus, Caius Cornelius --- Tacitus, Cornelius --- Tacito --- Tacitus, Publius Cornelius --- Tacito, Caio Cornelio --- Tacitus, C. Cornelius --- Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius --- Tacitus, P. Cornelius --- Tat︠s︡it, Korneliĭ --- Taxituo --- Tacitus, Publius Cornelius. --- Tacitus --- Historiography --- Cornelius Tacitus, Gaius --- Tacite, --- טאקיטוס, קורנליוס --- Τακιτος --- Takitos --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Rome - Historiography --- Historiographie