TY - BOOK AU - Rotman,Youval TI - Slaveries of the First Millennium T2 - Past Imperfect SN - 9781641891721 U1 - 306/.362/09 PY - 2021///] CY - Leeds : PB - ARC Humanities Press, KW - Slavery KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - HISTORY / Medieval KW - bisacsh KW - Mediterranean World KW - Middle Ages KW - freedom KW - slavery N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Whence Slavery? --; Chapter 1. From Present to Past and Back --; Chapter 2. Slavery between Two Phenomena: Empire and Christianity --; Chapter 3. Enslavement, Captivity, and the Monotheistic Turn --; Chapter 4. New Polities, New Societies, New Economies --; Chapter 5. Migration, Integration, Connectivity --; Conclusion: Slavery as Historical Process— Towards a New Definition --; Further Reading; restricted access N2 - This book draws upon new insights into the study of slavery to reinterpret and survey anew the early medieval Mediterranean from the point of view of slavery, and to present a new historiographical perspective on the subject. Offering a synthesis of recent scholarship on slavery, this book reveals the dynamic, versatile and adaptable character of slavery against the background of the great historical transformation that created the medieval Mediterranean world between the sixth to the eleventh century UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641891721?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781641891721 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781641891721/original ER -