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Memory of empire: the post-imperial historiography of Lata Antiquity (MEPIHLA)

The project offers the first comprehensive interpretation and reconstruction of all historiographical traditions in the Mediterranean from the 4th to the 8th c. AD. It advances the hypothesis that the historiography of this period should be understood as 'post-imperial': the literary, cultural, and political traditions of the Roman empire remained the point of reference at a time when that emire had largely distintegrated.

Date:1 Jan 2013 →  31 Dec 2017
Keywords:historiography, Late Antiquity, medieval history
Disciplines:Literary studies, Theology and religious studies, Language studies, History, Ancient history, Cultural history, Medieval history