ROBIN MACPHERSON - Rome in Involution, Cassiodorus' Variae in Their Literary and Historical Setting

Poznan, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM. 1989, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 832320263X). Soft cover, 17x24 cm. Book, ISBN: 83-232-0263-X Description: softcover, 367 pp. (17x24 cm); 450 vols. issued Condition: very good Weight: 535g. Preface Part One: Roman West and Germanic Kingdoms A Note on Sources Chapter 1: The Language of Roman Authority Chapter 2: Western Aristocracies and their Culture in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries Chapter 3: Roman Culture in the Western Kingdoms I: Visigoths, Franks, Burgundians II: The Vandal Kingdom of Carthage III: Diplomatic Latin Part Two: The Ostrogothic Kingdom Chapter 1: The Creation of the Ostrogothic Kingdom I: Odovacer and Theoderic II: Germans and Romans III: Ruling the Goths IV: Theoderic and the Church of Rome V: The Building Programme VI: Theoderic and Western Europe VII: The Person of Theoderic Chapter 2: The Uniqueness of Cassiodorus Part Three: Italy and the Latin Nest in the Sixth Century Chapter 1: Respectable Christianity I: The Romans of Rome and their Church II: Aristocratic Bishops Chapter 2: The Cultural Climate in Closer Perspective I: A Bulwark Against Change II: Mystique and Reality III: The Radical Tide Part : The Language and Imagery of the Variae Chapter 1: Zeitgeist I: Through the Prism II: Abstract Nouns in Late Latin III: The Eclipse of the Individual Chapter 2: Some Variae in Focus Five: The Passing of the Old Chapter 1: The Destruction of the Ostrogothic Kingdom I: Theoderic and the Senate II: The Years 519-554 Chapter 2: Epilogue I: Dilettante Clerics II: Sermo Humilis III: Cassiodorus and the Early-Mediaeval Latin Culture IV: The Disappearance of Liberal Studies Among the Laity V: Pathways of Continuity LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTES SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX. Very Good/No Jacket.