The social history of Byzantium / edited by John Haldon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haldon, John F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Byzantine Empire--Social conditions.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Summary:

Western civilization owes an incalculable cultural and historical debt to the Byzantine Empire. Before falling to the Ottoman Turks in the mid-fifteenth century, the empire flourished for more than a thousand years, bridging the ancient and modern worlds. Byzantium profoundly influenced the pattern of cultural and political development in the lands it occupied and had an enduring influence on neighboring societies.

A social History of Byzantium delves into a crucial and often neglected strand of Byzantine studies - the social history of the eastern Roman Empire. Drawing on a wealth of new research and with original essays by leading scholars, this groundbreaking work addresses a wide range of interconnected topics and offers illuminating insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. Exploring such issues as family life, social structure, religion, class, gender, and imperial power, this book reveals the complex social structure woven throughout the Byzantine world.

Contents:

1 Towards a Social History of Byzantium / John Haldon 1

2 Men, Women, Eunuchs: Gender, Sex, and Power / Liz James 31

3 Family Structure and the Transmission of Property / Angeliki E. Laiou 51

4 The social Function of the Law / Bernard Stolte 76

5 Social Relations and the Land: The Early Period / Peter Sarris 92

6 Land and Power in the Middle and Later Period / Peter Frankopan 112

7 The Producing Population / Michel Kaplan 143

8 Social Elites, Wealth, and Power / John Haldon 168

9 Court Society and Aristocracy / Paul Magdalino 212

10 Church and Society: Iconoclasm and After / Michael Angold 233

11 A Monastic World / Alice-Mary Talbot 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781405132404

140513240X

9781405132411

1405132418

OCLC:

226361750