Social change in town and country in eleventh-century Byzantium / edited by James Howard-Johnston.

Contributor Howard-Johnston, James, editor.

Edition Statement:First edition.

ImprintOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Imprint2020

Descriptionx, 300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction / James Howard-Johnston -- Transformations in Byzantine society in the eleventh century, particularly in Constantinople / Jean-Claude Cheynet -- The social views of Michael Attaleiates / Dimitris Krallis -- Social change in the countryside of eleventh-century Byzantium / Kostis Smyrlis -- Before and after the eleventh century AD in the territory of Sagalassos: settlement evolution / Eva Kaptijn and Marc Waelkens -- What went wrong? Decline and ruralization in eleventh-century Anatolia: The archaeological record / Philipp Niewöhner -- Greece in the eleventh century / Pamela Armstrong -- New light on the society of Byzantine Italy / Ghislaine Noyé -- Social change in eleventh-century Armenia: The evidence from Taron / Tim Greenwood -- Byzantium in the eleventh-century: General reflections / James Howard-Johnston.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-287) and index.

Note:The eleventh century saw both the heyday of Byzantium and its almost immediate subsequent decline following serious military defeats and heavy territorial losses. The papers in this volume view the social order as a prime determinant of change, tracking it through archaeological and documentary evidence to deepen our understanding of the period.

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