The Byzantine Neighbourhood

Urban Space and Political Action
Herausgeber: Anderson, Benjamin; Kondyli, Fotini

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Byzantine Neighbourhood contributes to a new narrative regarding Byzantine cities through the adoption of a neighbourhood perspective. Beyond its Byzantine focus, it also contributes to broader discussions of premodern urbanism by drawing attention to the spatial dimension of social life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9781138371064
• ISBN-10: 1138371068
• Artikelnr.: 60006853

Autorenporträt

Fotini Kondyli is Associate Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia. Benjamin Anderson is Associate Professor of the History of Art and Classics at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Neighborhood Perspective on Byzantine Cities Part I:
Defining Byzantine Neighborhoods 1. The View from Byzantine Texts 2. The
View from Byzantine Archaeology Part II: Byzantine Neighborhoods as Social
Spaces 3. Who is the Person Living Next Door? Neighborly Relations in Early
Byzantine Assos 4. Urban Space and Collective Action in Late Antique
Arisnoë 5. Water and Social Relationships in Early Byzantine Neighborhoods
Part III: Byzantine Neighborhoods as Political Agents 6. The Oxeia: A
Neighborhood Biography 7. Gortyn, Eleutherna, and Their Neighborhoods: The
Politics of Transformation (4th-Early 9th Centuries) 8. A Tale of Two
Cities: Thebes and Chalcis in a World of Change (9th-15th Centuries) 9.
Privacy, Friendship, and Social Regulation in Byzantine Neighborhoods