Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa 9780520254398, 0520254392

Historical overview -- Rural consumption in early imperial North Africa -- A late antique consumer revolution? -- Frustr

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Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa
 9780520254398, 0520254392

Table of contents :
Historical overview --
Rural consumption in early imperial North Africa --
A late antique consumer revolution? --
Frustrated communities : the rise and fall of the self-governing village --
Bishops where no bishops should be : the phenomenon of the rural bishopric --
Preaching to peasants --
Reinterpreting rebellion : textual communities and the circumcellions.

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