LEADER 02968nam 22006252 450 001 9910824556803321 005 20201123135517.0 010 $a1-64189-029-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781641890298 035 $a(CKB)4100000009273297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5894389 035 $a(DE-B1597)541559 035 $a(OCoLC)1119538688 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781641890298 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781641890298 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009273297 100 $a20201011d2019|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElite Byzantine kinship, ca. 950-1204 $eblood, reputation, and the genos /$fby Nathan Leidholm$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLeeds :$cArc Humanities Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 186 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aBeyond medieval Europe 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020). 311 $a1-64189-028-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDefining '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. 330 $aBy the end of the twelfth century, the Byzantine 'genos' was a politically effective social group based upon ties of consanguineous kinship, but, importantly, it was also a cultural construct, an idea that held very real power, yet defies easy categorization. This study explores the role and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or 'genos', as a distinct social entity, particularly its political and cultural role, as it appears in a variety of sources in the tenth through twelfth centuries. 410 0$aBeyond medieval Europe. 606 $aAristocracy (Social class)$zByzantine Empire 606 $aKinship$zByzantine Empire 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zByzantine Empire 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$y527-1081 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$yComneni dynasty, 1081-1185 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$yAngeli, 1185-1204 607 $aByzantine Empire$xSocial conditions 608 $aHistory.$2fast 610 $aByzantine Aristocracy. 610 $aCultural History of Byzantium. 610 $aHistory of the Family. 610 $aSocial History of Byzantium. 615 0$aAristocracy (Social class) 615 0$aKinship 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 676 $a949.502 700 $aLeidholm$b Nathan$g(Nathan Paul),$01647304 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824556803321 996 $aElite Byzantine kinship, ca. 950-1204$93994798 997 $aUNINA