Slaveries of the first millennium / Youval Rotman.

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"In a world where princesses found themselves enslaved, kidnapped boys became army generals, and biblical Joseph was a role model, this book narrates the formation of the Middle Ages from the point of view of slavery, and outlines a new approach to enhance our understanding of modern forms of enslav...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
Main Author: Rotman, Youval (Author)
Language:English
Published: Leeds, Yorkshire : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.
Series:Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
Subjects:
Slavery > History > To 1500.
Slavery.
To 1500
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:136 pages ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Whence slavery?
  • From present to past and back
  • Slavery between two phenomena: Empire and Christianity
  • Enslavement, captivity, and the monotheistic turn
  • New polities, new societies, new economies
  • Migration, integration, connectivity
  • Slavery as historical process--towards a new definition.