Fotini Kondyli (University of Virginia)

Rural Communities in Late Byzantium

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Uses an interdisciplinary approach combining new archaeological evidence with archival material to reconstruct the lives of rural communities in the Late Byzantine period in the face of economic, political, and demographic challenges. The emphasis on communities' social resilience contributes to a diachronic approach to crisis studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781108845496
• ISBN-10: 1108845495
• Artikelnr.: 62602696

Autorenporträt

Fotini Kondyli is Associate Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Art at the University of Virginia. Her research deals with Byzantine social and spatial practices and the archaeology of non-elites. She is the recipient of fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology at Brown University, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

1. In Search of Late Byzantine Rural Island Communities
2. Who is Who in the Rural Landscape: The Makeup of Late Byzantine Rural Communities
3. Pathways of Resilience
4. Defending the Realm
5. Community Building in the Face of Crisis: A Landscape Approach
6. The Return of the People
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography.