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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480795103321

Autore

Leidholm Nathan (Nathan Paul)

Titolo

Elite Byzantine kinship, ca. 950-1204 : blood, reputation, and the genos / / by Nathan Leidholm [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019

ISBN

1-64189-029-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Beyond medieval Europe

Disciplina

949.502

Soggetti

Aristocracy (Social class) - Byzantine Empire

Kinship - Byzantine Empire

Elite (Social sciences) - Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire History 527-1081

Byzantine Empire History Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185

Byzantine Empire History Angeli, 1185-1204

Byzantine Empire Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

By the end of the twelfth century, the Byzantine 'genos' was a politically effective social group based upon ties of consanguineous kinship, but, importantly, it was also a cultural construct, an idea that held very real power, yet defies easy categorization. This study explores the role and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or 'genos', as a distinct social entity, particularly its political and cultural role, as it appears in a variety of sources in the tenth through twelfth centuries.