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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.

Aristocracy (Social class) --- Kinship --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Ethnology --- Clans --- Consanguinity --- Families --- Kin recognition --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Byzantine Empire --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- History --- Social conditions. --- Byzantine Aristocracy. --- Cultural History of Byzantium. --- History of the Family. --- Social History of Byzantium. --- 527-1204

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Social stratification --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- History of Greece