| Title | : | Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity |
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| Author | : | Linda Ellis & Frank L. Kidner |
| Release | : | 2017-03-02 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History, Books, Fiction & Literature, Ancient History |
| Size | : | 2320984 |
| 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. The contributions here present readers with new research on the explosion in travel and large-scale communication, and the effect on this of different geographical possibilities and limitations. The papers deal with a variety of travel experiences (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. |
