Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity: Sacred and Profane (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754635352)

Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity brings together a set of papers that consider anew issues of travel, communication and landscape in Late Antiquity. This period witnessed an increase in long-distance travel and the construction of large new inter-provincial communications networks. The Christian Church's expansion is but one example of both phenomena. Contributions to this volume present readers with new research on this explosion in travel and large-scale communication and the effect on this of different geographical possibilities and limitations. The papers deal with many kinds of travel (religious pilgrimages; travel for work and educational purposes; journeys of the soul) and writings about travel; they look at various kinds of communication (ecclesiastical communication; communication for commerce; and the communication of religious identity); and they examine both physical and psychological aspects of geography, travel and communication.

Author: Linda Ellis,Frank L. Kidner
ISBN-10: 075463535X
ISBN-13: 9780754635352
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2004
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d