Living the End of Antiquity: Individual Histories from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt (Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies, 84) (Issn, 84)

This volume covers the transition period stretching from the reign of Justinian I to the end of the 8th century, focusing on the experience of individuals who lived through the last decades of Byzantine rule in Egypt before the arrival of the new Arab rulers. The contributions drawing from the wealth of sources we have for Egypt, explore phenomena of stability and disruption during the transition from the classical to the postclassical world.--publisher's website Contents Abbreviations of Quoted Editions List of Figures List of Contributors Introduction: Individual Histories From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt I. Servants to the Rulers, Masters of the Land: Governors, Provincial Authorities, and Great Landowners Local Magnates, but Mobile: Elite Dynamics in Byzantine Provinces “...So that the Descendants of the Descendants [of the Muslims] May Profit by It”: ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the Muslim Army and the Decision not to Divide the Lands of Alexandria Situating the Figure of Papas, Pagarch of Edfu at the End of the Seventh Century: The Contribution of the Coptic Documents Cross-Cultural Parameters of Scribal Politesse in the Correspondence of Arab-Muslim Officials from Early Islamic Egypt II. Village Authorities and Leading Families at the Intersection of State and Society An Important Family in Sixth-Century Hermopolis: New Insights from the Basel Papyrus Collection The Will of Flavius Phoibammon The Figure of Apollos, Father of Dioscorus, in the Light of Coptic Letters From Sixth-Century Aphrodito A Village Scribe on the Eve of Change Petosiris the Scribe III. Patterns of Daily Life in a Time of Change Family Archives in Pre-Transition Egypt On the Edge of the Empire at the End of the Late Roman Period: The Khārga Oasis Sites as a Case Study Slave and Free at the End of Antiquity Women in Need: Debt-Related Requests from Early Medieval Egypt Economic Conditions for Merchants and Traders at the Border Between Egypt and Nubia in Early Islamic Times Andreas, Son of Petros, and the Monastery of Dayr al-Rūmī: An Usurious Monk? or a Monastic Record Vault? Index of names Index locorum Millennium überschreitet Grenzen, Grenzen zwischen den Epochen und regionalen Räumen wie auch Grenzen zwischen den Disziplinen. Die Schriftenreihe Millennium-Studien ist, genauso wie das Jahrbuch, international, interdisziplinär und epochenübergreifend ausgerichtet. Das Herausgebergremium und der Beirat repräsentieren ein breites Fächerspektrum: Kunst- und literaturwissenschaftliche Beiträge kommen ebenso zu ihrem Recht wie historische, theologische und philosophische, und die Millennium-Studien bieten gleichermaßen Raum für Arbeiten zu den lateinischen und griechischen wie zu den orientalischen Kulturen. In die Studien finden einschlägige Monographien und Sammelwerke aus dem gesamten Themenspektrum Aufnahme, zudem Kommentare und Editionen. Publikationssprachen sind vornehmlich Deutsch und Englisch; die Aufnahme französischer, italienischer und spanischer Arbeiten ist möglich. Falls Sie ein Manuskript für die Studien einreichen möchten, bitte wir Sie, sich an den fachnächsten Herausgeber zu wenden: Wolfram Brandes, Frankfurt (Byzantinistik und Frühes Mittelalter): brandes@rg.mpg.de Peter von Möllendorff, Gießen (Gräzistik): peter.v.moellendorff@klassphil.uni-giessen.de Dennis Pausch, Dresden (Latinistik): dennis.pausch@tu-dresden.de Rene Pfeilschifter, Würzburg (Alte Geschichte): Rene.Pfeilschifter@uni-wuerzburg.de Karla Pollmann, Bristol (Frühes Christentum und Patristik): K.F.L.Pollmann@bristol.ac.uk Alle Manuskripte werden von dem jeweiligen Herausgeber und von einem externen Gutachter beurteilt. Dabei gilt das Single-blind peer review-Verfahren. The international conference Living the End of Antiquity: Individual Histories from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt, which took place in May 2017 at the University of Basel, gathered established and early-career scholars alike to discuss change and continuity from late antique to early Islamic Egypt through individual experiences--delving into political-administrative, economic, religious, and (other) social dynamics to explore phenomena of stability and disruption during the transition from the classical to the postclassical world. The conference formed part of the interdisciplinary three-year research project "Change and Continuities from a Christian to a Muslim Society--Egyptian Society and Economy in the 6th to 8th Centuries" directed by Sabine R. Huebner and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation from 2016 to 2018