Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, C. 400-1000 CE
Peter Webb|Wilma Pohl|Richard Krämer
Abstract This book deals with how empires affect smaller communities such as ethnic groups, religious communities, and local or peripheral populations. It raises the question of these different types community were integrated into larger imperial edifices in which contexts dialectic between particular caused disruption. How did discourses practices reinforce (or subvert) pretenses? constructions identity affected? Egyptians accommodated under Islamic rule, Yemenis included an Arab identity, Aquitanians Carolingian Empire, Jews Fātimīd caliphate? Why dissolution Western Rome Abbasid caliphate leave polities their wake? was Byzantine Empire preserved seventh century; Franks construct theirs ninth? events early medieval Constantinople promote social integration both a broader framework? Focusing on post-Roman Mediterranean, questions from comparative perspective. considers political structures Latin West, Byzantium, world period exceptionally well suited for studying expansive erosive dynamics interaction communities. By never adhering to single overall model avoiding notions empire, this volume combines individual approaches collaborative perspectives. The chapters are in-depth studies written full awareness other contributions; taken together, they constitute major contribution advancement premodern empires.
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