Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium
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This is the first book to examine the late Byzantine peasantry through written, archaeological, ethnographic and painted sources. Investigations of the infrastructure and setting of the medieval village guide the reader into the consideration of specific populations. The village becomes a micro-society, with its own social and economic hierarchies. In addition to studying agricultural workers, mothers and priests, lesser-known individuals, such as the miller and witch, are revealed through written and painted sources. Placed at the center of a new scholarly landscape, the study of the medieval villager engages a broad spectrum of theorists, including economic historians creating predictive models for agrarian economies, ethnoarchaeologists addressing historical continuities and disjunctions, and scholars examining power and female agency.
Title |
Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium : art, archaeology, and ethnography / Sharon E.J. Gerstel. [electronic resource] |
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Additional Titles |
Rural Lives & Landscapes in Late Byzantium |
Publisher |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Creation Date |
2015 |
Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
The landscape of the village -- Communication and the village church -- The village woman -- Village men, village labor -- In the service of the church -- The body and the soul. |
Extent |
1 online resource (xvi, 207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010717862805171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- Villages Byzantine Empire History.
- Peasants Byzantine Empire History.
- Landscapes Social aspects Byzantine Empire History.
- Painting, Byzantine History.
- Byzantine antiquities.
- Social archaeology Mediterranean Region.
- Ethnoarchaeology Mediterranean Region.
- Ethnic archaeology
- Ethnicity in archaeology
- nne Ethnology in archaeology
- Antiquities, Byzantine
- Byzantine painting
- nne Paintings, Byzantine
- Countryside
- nne Landscape
- Natural scenery
- Scenery
- Scenic landscapes
- nne Peasantry
- Hamlets (Villages)
- Village government
- Byzantine Empire Rural conditions.
- Byzantine Empire Economic conditions.
- Byzantine Empire Civilization 1081-1453.
- Byzantine Empire Social life and customs.
- Bajo Imperio
- Bizancjum
- Bizantia
- Byzantinē Autokratoria
- Byzantium (Empire)
- Impero bizantino
- Vizantii︠a︡
- Vyzantinē Autokratoria
- Vyzantinon Kratos
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