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SCHOTTENIUS CULLHED, S., and M. MALM, (eds.), Reading Late Antiquity. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg, 2018. 267p. Hard bound. A lot of pencil underlinings, markings and annotations. Pinch to upper part front and back cover. It has become a tired trope to say that scholarship on Late Antiquity is blooming. The same can be said for scholarship on the reception of the ancient world. However, as the editors of this volume note in their introduction, the two are rarely combined: studies on the reception of the Late Antique world are rare. (...) the editors are to be thanked for this thought-provoking book, which not only contains a great number of interesting case studies, but also has more general things to say.The volume consists of three distinct parts: ‘Theoretical Outlooks’ (chapters by Uden, Formisano, and Hernández Lobato), ‘Decadence and Decline’ (chapters by Heilo, McGill, Rebenich, Schottenius Cullhed, Harich-Schwarzbauer, and Tommasi), and ‘Continuities and Transformations’ (chapters by Putter, Westberg, Bodin, and Conybeare). These three parts are preceded by an introduction, which embeds the present volume within earlier scholarly works and introduces important themes throughout the book. Having read this volume, every reader will walk away with a newly-acquired knowledge of a variety of forms of receptions of the Late Antique world. The contributions in this volume are written in a pleasant and crisp style, and the book seems to have been proofread very well. Reading Late Antiquity provides an exciting impetus to a field which has much to offer for further investigations into the topic.' (BRAM van der VELDEN in BMCR 2019.04.16). € 18.00 (Antiquarian) ISBN: 9783825367879