Elite Byzantine Kinship, ca. 950-1204 : Blood, Reputation, and the Genos /

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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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leidholm, Nathan (Nathan Paul) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:Beyond medieval Europe.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Elite (Social sciences) > Byzantine Empire.
Kinship > Byzantine Empire.
Aristocracy (Social class) > Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire > Social conditions.
Byzantine Empire > History > Angeli, 1185-1204.
Byzantine Empire > History > Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185.
Byzantine Empire > History > 527-1081.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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