Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium, art, archaeology, and ethnography, Sharon E.J. Gerstel
Type
Label
Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium, art, archaeology, and ethnography, Sharon E.J. Gerstel
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
913514003
Responsibility statement
Sharon E.J. Gerstel
Series statement
Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Sub title
art, archaeology, and ethnography
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.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of 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
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Rural Lives & Landscapes in Late Byzantium
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Subject
- Painting, Byzantine + History
- Landscapes + Social aspects -- Byzantine Empire -- History
- Ethnoarchaeology -- Mediterranean Region
- Byzantine antiquities
- Byzantine Empire -- Civilization -- 1081-1453
- Byzantine Empire -- Social life and customs
- Byzantine Empire -- Rural conditions
- Social archaeology -- Mediterranean Region
- Peasants -- Byzantine Empire -- History
- Villages -- Byzantine Empire -- History
- Byzantine Empire -- Economic conditions
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- Subject11
- Painting, Byzantine + History
- Landscapes + Social aspects -- Byzantine Empire -- History
- Ethnoarchaeology -- Mediterranean Region
- Byzantine antiquities
- Byzantine Empire -- Civilization -- 1081-1453
- Byzantine Empire -- Social life and customs
- Byzantine Empire -- Rural conditions
- Social archaeology -- Mediterranean Region
- Peasants -- Byzantine Empire -- History
- Villages -- Byzantine Empire -- History
- Byzantine Empire -- Economic conditions
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