| Description |
1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Beyond medieval Europe |
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Beyond medieval Europe.
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| Contents |
Defining 'the family' in Byzantine sources and the modern historiography -- The language of kinship -- Marriage impediments and the concept of family -- Interrogating consanguinity in a Byzantine context -- Family names and the politics of reputation -- Kinship and political developments of the eleventh and twelfth centuries |
| Summary |
This study explores the role and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or genos, as a distinct social entity, particularly its political and cultural role, as it appears in a variety of sources in the tenth through twelfth centuries. While the genos has served as a central component of many historical arguments attempting to explain the changes occurring in this period, no scholar has yet produced a study focused on the genos as a social unit, and even the concept's basic definition remains unclear. At the same time, historians of Late Antiquity, Medieval Europe, and Byzantium have all struggled to find meaningful ways to analyze and interpret kinship structures beyond the household or nuclear family. This work seeks to ameliorate these shortcomings and, in so doing, addresses aspects of cultural, social, and political change in Byzantium through the lens of kinship |
| Analysis |
Byzantine Aristocracy |
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Cultural History of Byzantium |
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History of the Family |
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Social History of Byzantium |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 2016 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Byzantine Empire
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Kinship -- Byzantine Empire
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Byzantine Empire
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HISTORY -- Byzantine Empire.
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Aristocracy (Social class)
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Comneni Dynasty (Byzantine Empire)
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Kinship
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018488
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018502
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- Angeli, 1185-1204.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018506
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Byzantine Empire -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Byzantine Empire
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781641890298 |
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1641890290 |
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