Rural Communities in Late Byzantium - Resilience and Vulnerability in the Northern Aegean (Hardcover)

Late Byzantium faced economic, political, and demographic crises. This book argues for the ability of rural communities to transform their socioeconomic strategies and maintain resilience in the face of these, especially in the context of islands. It seeks to reinstate ordinary people in the historical narrative and reintroduce them as active participants in the events of the period, pointing to their ability not only to react to change, but also to initiate it. Combining new archaeological evidence with archival material pertaining to the islands of Lemnos and Thasos in the Northern Aegean, it provides concrete examples of Byzantine socio-economic strategies that successfully mitigated the various crises and thus contributes to a diachronic perspective on crisis management. The result is to rethink the nature of the Late Byzantine period, and to question the ways in which we have come to divide historical periods into 'good' or 'bad'.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Fotini Kondyli
Dimensions:	250 x 175 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-84549-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-108-84549-5
Barcode:	9781108845496

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