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Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium : art, archaeology and ethnography /

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-soci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerstel, Sharon E. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index.
ISBN:9781139024891
1139024892
9781316318171
1316318176