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 of many historical arguments attempting to explain the changes occurring in this period, no scholar has yet produced a study focused on the genos as a social unit, and even the concept’s basic definition remains unclear. At the same time, historians of Late Antiquity, Medieval Europe, and Byzantium have all struggled to find meaningful ways to analyze and interpret kinship structures beyond the household or nuclear family. This work seeks to ameliorate these shortcomings and, in so doing, addresses aspects of cultural, social, and political change in Byzantium through the lens of kinship.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2019
Copyrightjahr
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-028-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-64189-029-8
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Beyond Medieval Europe
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
200
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
Abbreviations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 12
Defining “the Family” in Byzantine Sources and the Modern Historiography Kein Zugriff Seiten 13 - 36
The Language of Kinship Kein Zugriff Seiten 37 - 62
Marriage Impediments and the Concept of Family Kein Zugriff Seiten 63 - 86
Interrogating Consanguinity in a Byzantine Context Kein Zugriff Seiten 87 - 110
Family Names and the Politics of Reputation Kein Zugriff Seiten 111 - 136
Kinship and Political Developments of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Kein Zugriff Seiten 137 - 162
