The social history of Byzantium
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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Publisher Address: | Chichester, U.K. Malden, MA |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxvii, 300 p.: ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781405132404 (hardcover : alk. paper) 140513240X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405132411 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405132418 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K134 |
CLC: | K134 |
Call Number: | K134/S678 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Towards a social history of Byzantium / John Haldon -- Men, women, Eunchs: gender, sex, and power / Liz James -- Family structure and the transmission of property / Angeliki E. Laiou -- The social function of the law / Bernard Stolte -- Social relations and the land: the Early Period / Peter Sarris -- Land and power in the Middle and Later Period / Peter Frankopan -- The producing population / Michel Kaplan -- Social elites, wealth, and power / John Haldon -- Court society and aristocracy / Paul Magdalino -- Church and society: iconoclasm and after / Michael Angold -- A monastic world / Alice-Mary Talbot. |