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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beyond Medieval Europe SeriesPublisher: Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (200 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781641890298
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elite Byzantine Kinship, Ca. 950-1204DDC classification:
  • 949.502
LOC classification:
  • HT653
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This study explores the development and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or genos, as a distinct social concept, considering particularly its political and cultural role, in the tenth through twelfth centuries.
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Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

This study explores the development and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or genos, as a distinct social concept, considering particularly its political and cultural role, in the tenth through twelfth centuries.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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