Women, Family and Society in Byzantium (Variorum Collected Studies)

Angeliki Laiou (1941-2008), one of the leading Byzantinists of her generation, broke new ground in the study of the social and economic history of the Byzantine Empire. Women, Family and Society in Byzantium, the first of three volumes to be published posthumously in the Variorum Collected Studies Series, brings together eight articles published between 1993 and 2009. Demonstrating Professor Laiou's characteristic attention to the relationship between ideology and social practice, the first five articles concern the status of women as evidenced through legal, narrative, hagiographical, and archival sources, while the final three investigate conceptions of law and justice, the vocabulary and typology of peasant rebellions, and the and the form and evolution of political agreements in Byzantine society. Cover Series Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction by Joëlle Beaucamp I Sex, consent, and coercion in Byzantium II Marriage prohibitions, marriage strategies and the dowry in thirteenth-century Byzantium III The evolution of the status of women in marriage and family law IV Women in the marketplace of Constantinople (10th -14th centuries) V Family structure and the transmission of property VI Law, justice and the Byzantine historians: ninth to twelfth centuries VII Peasant rebellion: notes on its vocabulary and typology VIII The emperor’s word: chrysobulls, oaths and synallagmatic relations in Byzantium (11th-12th c.) Index Angeliki Laiou (1941-2008), One Of The Leading Byzantinists Of Her Generation, Broke New Ground In The Study Of The Social And Economic History Of The Byzantine Empire. This Is The First Of Three Volumes To Be Published Posthumously In The Variorum Collected Studies Series And Brings Together Eight Articles Published Between 1993 And 2009. The First Five Articles Concern The Status Of Women As Evidenced Through Legal, Narrative, Hagiographical And Archival Sources, While The Final Three Investigate Conceptions Of Law And Justice, The Vocabulary And Typology Of Peasant Rebellions, And The Form Of Political Agreements In Byzantine Society. This book brings together eight articles published between 1993 and 2009. Demonstrating Laiou's attention to the relationship between ideology and social practice, the first five articles concern the status of women as evidenced through legal, narrative, hagiographical, and archival sources, while the final three investigate conceptions of law and justice, the vocabulary and typology of peasant rebellions, and the form and evolution of political agreements in Byzantine society Deals with the status of women in the Byzantine Empire as evidenced through legal, narrative, hagiographical, and archival sources, investigating conceptions of law and justice, the vocabulary and typology of peasant rebellions, and the form and evolution of political agreements in Byzantine society.