{"product_id":"the-selected-letters-of-cassiodorus-9780520297357","title":"The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bjornlie makes the material as readable as it’s ever going to be. . . . We need reliable, well-annotated translations, and products of this quality should be recognised as the original contributions they are. A formidable and committed translator, Cassiodorus would surely agree.\" * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Cassiodorus, the Variae, and Their World\u003cbr\u003e The Variae as a Letter Collection\u003cbr\u003e A Note on the Present Translation\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Key Events\u003cbr\u003e Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus's Tenure in Public Offices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section I. Sixth-Century Italy in a Wider World: Diplomatic Letters from the Ostrogothic Court to the Eastern Imperial and Western \"Barbarian\" Courts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section II. The Senate in Public Life and Public Office: Letters to the Senate, Letters to Individual Senators, and Letters Announcing the Appointment of Senators to Office\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section III. Civil Bureaucracy and Administration in Italy: Letters Describing Activities of the Court Bureaucracy and Letters of Appointment to Bureaucratic Posts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section IV. Taxes and Finances: Letters Describing Fiscal Organization and the Collection and Distribution of State Resources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section V. Administration of the Provinces: Letters Concerned with Ostrogothic Affairs in Regions outside Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section VI. Goths and the Military: Letters concerning Gothic Settlement and the Organization of the Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section VII. Urban Life: Letters Describing Attention to the Urban Environment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section VIII. Rural Life: Letters concerning People in the Countryside and Their Obligations to the State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section IX. Religion: Letters to Bishops and Letters Touching upon the Court's Spiritual Sentiments and Involvement in Religious Matters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section X. Family and Gender: Letters concerning Households and Relations between Family Members and Letters to Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section XI. Law, Order, and Conflict: Letters Describing the Court's Approach to Criminal Charges against Individuals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section XII. Intellectual Culture: Letters Pertaining to Aspects of Late-Antique Intellectual Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section XIII. Nature: Letters That Provide Literary Perspectives on the Natural World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Concordance of Letters Cited in This Volume\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography of Related Reading\u003cbr\u003e Index of Individuals\u003cbr\u003e Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms\u003cbr\u003e Index of Places","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402900054359,"sku":"9780520297357","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520297357.jpg?v=1730481809","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-selected-letters-of-cassiodorus-9780520297357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}