| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Villages -- Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Villages. |
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Byzantine Empire. |
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History. |
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Peasants -- Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Peasants. |
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Landscapes -- Social aspects -- Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Landscapes -- Social aspects. |
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Landscapes. |
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Painting, Byzantine -- History.
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Painting, Byzantine. |
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Social archaeology -- Mediterranean Region.
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Social archaeology. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Ethnoarchaeology -- Mediterranean Region.
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Ethnoarchaeology. |
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Byzantine Empire -- Rural conditions.
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Rural conditions. |
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Byzantine Empire -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Byzantine Empire -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gerstel, Sharon E.J. Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium. Art, archaeology and ethnography 9780521851596 (OCoLC)900685913 |
| ISBN |
9781139024891 (electronic book) |
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1139024892 (electronic book) |
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9781316318171 (electronic book) |
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1316318176 (electronic book) |
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9780521851596 |
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0521851599 |
| Standard No. |
40025199917 |
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