The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt
Author:   Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520421172


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Format:   Hardback
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The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt


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Author:   Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520421172


ISBN 10:   0520421175
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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Contents   Acknowledgments   Introduction 1. Understanding the Chronicle: Audience, Genre, Sources, and Authorial Voice 2. Egypt, Rome, and Romanness in the Chronicle 3. The Chronicle's Theory of History, Part 1: God, Natural Disaster, and the Arab Conquest of Egypt 4. The Chronicle's Theory of History, Part 2: Demonic and Diabolical Interventions 5. From Religious Practice to Political Praxis: Worldly Asceticism, Pious Subjects, and the Prescriptive Argument of the Chronicle Conclusion   Notes Bibliography Index

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Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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