LEADER 02566nam 2200457 450 001 9910427039603321 005 20210320104952.0 010 $a3-030-55905-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-55905-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000011528319 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6381025 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-55905-2 035 $a(PPN)259235075 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011528319 100 $a20210320d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBanditry in the medieval Balkans, 800-1500 /$fPanos Sophoulis 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 188 p. 3 illus.) 225 1 $aNew approaches to Byzantine history and culture 311 $a3-030-55904-1 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The Reasons for the Rise of Balkan Banditry between the Ninth and the Fourteenth Centuries -- 3. The 'Sociology' of Balkan Banditry -- 4. The Bandit and his Community: 'Parasitical' Societies in the Medieval Balkans? -- 5. The State's Response to Banditry -- 6. Appendix: Inventory of References to Balkan Banditry in the Sources. 330 $aThis book explores the history of banditry in the medieval Balkans between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. While several scholars have recognized the problems which various outlaw groups caused in the region during the Middle Ages, few have given much attention to the bandits themselves, their origins, their reasons for taking up brigandage, and the steps taken by the central authorities to control their activity. Among other things, this book identifies three main sources of banditry: shepherds, soldiers and peasants. Far from being ?lone wolves?, these men operated within well-defined social networks. Poverty played a decisive role in driving them to a life of crime, but there is strong evidence to suggest that the growing economic prosperity in parts of the Balkans from the ninth century onwards may have also contributed to the rise of the phenomenon. 410 0$aNew approaches to Byzantine history and culture. 606 $aBrigands and robbers 615 0$aBrigands and robbers. 676 $a364.1552 700 $aSophoulis$b Panos$0904540 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427039603321 996 $aBanditry in the medieval Balkans, 800-1500$92022583 997 $aUNINA