Slavery and family were deeply linked in Byzantine society. When Byzantine writers and theologians envisioned and contextualized both the realities and the idea of the household, they universally assumed the presence of enslaved people within it. Slavery was foundational in Byzantine conceptions of the family, as was the role of kinship and the family in their thinking about slavery. This study explores how the language, ideals, stereotypes, and literary tropes associated with enslaved people were deeply linked to Byzantine thought about the family and the household as a social unit. Drawing on a wide range of sources and modern theories like intersectionality and social death, this monograph seeks to demonstrate the numerous ways in which the long-term, widespread presence of enslaved people in Byzantine society influenced and even defined medieval Byzantine thought regarding the domestic space and its dynamics.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-120-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-410-5
ePub ISBN
9781802704099
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Beyond Medieval Europe
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
280
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
Abbreviations Kein Zugriff
A Note on Terminology Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 26
Chapter 1. (Un)Natural Partners: Marriage and Slavery Kein Zugriff Seiten 27 - 82
Chapter 2. Proper Authority: Parents and Masters Kein Zugriff Seiten 83 - 122
Chapter 3. (In)Gratitude: Children, Slaves, and Freed People Kein Zugriff Seiten 123 - 162
Chapter 4. Sexual Availability and the Other: Concubinage (Pallakeia) Kein Zugriff Seiten 163 - 202
Chapter 5. Useful Fear: Slavery’s Impact on Household Management Kein Zugriff Seiten 203 - 242
