Forschungscluster 7 / Himmelwärts und erdverbunden?

Der Band enthält eine Einleitung, eine Einführung zu Gesetzgebung und Propaganda im Codex Theodosianus sowie 26 Vorträge, die bei Tagungen vom 11.-13.11.2013 in Trier, 4.-6.12.2014 in Rom und 27.-28.3.2014 in Gent gehalten wurden und sich in den 3 Kapiteln des Buches widerspiegeln. Diese befassen sich mit “Religiöse Identitäten und reale Lebenswelten” [8 Beiträge], “Wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen und ihre Wahrnehmung” [12] sowie “Die spätantiken Kirchen und ihre Finanzen” [6]. Im Detail geht es um pagane Kulte in Rom und Trier, das Stadtbild Milets, Bischöfe und Profanbauten, Archäologie als alternative Quelle, die Demetrios-Basilika in Thessaloniki, christliche Reitergräber, Augustinus’ Kritik am christlichen Totenmahl, die Wechselbeziehung von Wirtschaft und Alltag, die Wirtschaft des 4. Jh., Großgrundbesitz, Steuersystem, Vandalen in Nordafrika, Münzfunde, den Niedergang des Spielewesens, eine alpine Höhensiedlung, Stadtzentren Kleinasiens, Keramik aus Milet und Nordwestägypten, Gütertausch in Ägypten, persönliches und kollektives Eigentum, Kirche und Staat, Verwalter im Klerus, Kirche und Wirtschaft, Kreditgeschäfte von Mönchen und das Pauloskloster in Theben.

The volume contains a foreword, an introduction on legislation and propaganda in Codex Theodosianus, and 26 papers presented at conferences from 11-13/11/2013 in Trier, 4-6/12/2014 in Rome, and 27-28/3/2014 in Gent, which are reflected by the 3 chapters of the book. These deal with “Religious identities and real spheres of life” [8 papers], “Economic developments and their perception” [12], and “Late Antique Churches and their finances” [6]. In detail, the topics are pagan cults in Rome and Trier, the townscape of Miletus, bishops and profane buildings, archaeology as an alternative source, the basilica of Saint Demetrius at Thessaloniki, graves of Christian horsemen, Augustin’s criticism of Christian funeral meals, the interrelationship of economy and everyday life, 4th-century B.C. economy, large estates, the fiscal system, Vandals in North Africa, finds of coins, the decline of circuses, an Alpine hilltop settlement, city centres of Asia Minor, pottery from Miletus and North-West Egypt, barter in Egypt, personal and collective property, church and state, administrators within the clergy, church and economy, credit business of monks, and the Monastery of St. Paulos at Thebes. The volume contains a foreword, an introduction on legislation and propaganda in Codex Theodosianus, and 26 papers presented at conferences from 11-13/11/2013 in Trier, 4-6/12/2014 in Rome, and 27-28/3/2014 in Gent, which are reflected by the 3 chapters of the book. These deal with “Religious identities and real spheres of life” [8 papers], “Economic developments and their perception” [12], and “Late Antique Churches and their finances” [6]. In detail, the topics are pagan cults in Rome and Trier, the townscape of Miletus, bishops and profane buildings, archaeology as an alternative source, the basilica of Saint Demetrius at Thessaloniki, graves of Christian horsemen, Augustin’s criticism of Christian funeral meals, the interrelationship of economy and everyday life, 4th-century B.C. economy, large estates, the fiscal system, Vandals in North Africa, finds of coins, the decline of circuses, an Alpine hilltop settlement, city centres of Asia Minor, pottery from Miletus and North-West Egypt, barter in Egypt, personal and collective property, church and state, administrators within the clergy, church and economy, credit business of monks, and the Monastery of St. Paulos at Thebes.