{"product_id":"the-social-history-of-byzantium","title":"Social History of Byzantium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SOCIAL HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Until now, the social history of Byzantium has remained a neglected field. Professor John Haldon has put together a team of leading international Byzantinists, each of whom addresses his or her own specialized area. The book will be a critical tool for anyone who wants to understand Byzantium.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAveril Cameron,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The great merit of this volume is its openness to larger methodological debates about socio-economic history and state structures. For the first time in a comprehensive study, Byzantine society is treated as an integral part of the world history of the Middle Ages.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Rapp,\u003c\/b\u003e University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestern civilization owes an incalculable cultural and historical debt to the Byzantine Empire. Before falling to the Ottoman Turks in the mid-fifteenth century, the empire flourished for more than a thousand years, bridging the ancient and modern worlds. Byzantium profoundly influenced the pattern of cultural and political development in the lands it occupied and had an enduring influence on neighboring societies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Social History of Byzantium\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edelves into a crucial and often neglected strand of Byzantine studies – the social history of the eastern Roman Empire. Drawing on a wealth of new research and with original essays by leading scholars, this groundbreaking work addresses a wide range of interconnected topics and offers illuminating insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. Exploring such issues as family life, social structure, religion, class, gender, and imperial power, this book reveals the complex social structure woven throughout the Byzantine world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240422494552,"sku":"9781405132404","price":111.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405132404_fae54980-76c4-440e-a6e4-21ce03955c2a.jpg?v=1778576428","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-social-history-of-byzantium","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}