TY - BOOK ID - 3552231 TI - Rural lives and landscapes in late Byzantium : art, archaeology, and ethnography PY - 2015 SN - 9780521851596 0521851599 9781139024891 1316308154 1316321533 131632821X 1316324877 1316331555 1316318176 1139024892 1316287343 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Villages KW - Peasants KW - Landscapes KW - Painting, Byzantine KW - Byzantine antiquities. KW - Social archaeology KW - Ethnoarchaeology KW - Ethnic archaeology KW - Ethnicity in archaeology KW - Ethnology in archaeology KW - Archaeology KW - Ethnology KW - Antiquities, Byzantine KW - Antiquities KW - Christian antiquities KW - Byzantine painting KW - Paintings, Byzantine KW - Countryside KW - Landscape KW - Natural scenery KW - Scenery KW - Scenic landscapes KW - Nature KW - Peasantry KW - Agricultural laborers KW - Rural population KW - Marks (Medieval land tenure) KW - Villeinage KW - Hamlets (Villages) KW - Village government KW - Cities and towns KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Methodology KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Bajo Imperio KW - Bizancjum KW - Bizantia KW - Byzantinē Autokratoria KW - Byzantium (Empire) KW - Impero bizantino KW - Vizantii︠a︡ KW - Vyzantinē Autokratoria KW - Vyzantinon Kratos KW - Rural conditions. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Civilization KW - Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3552231 AB - This is the first book to examine the late Byzantine peasantry through written, archaeological, ethnographic and painted sources. Investigations of the infrastructure and setting of the medieval village guide the reader into the consideration of specific populations. The village becomes a micro-society, with its own social and economic hierarchies. In addition to studying agricultural workers, mothers and priests, lesser-known individuals, such as the miller and witch, are revealed through written and painted sources. Placed at the center of a new scholarly landscape, the study of the medieval villager engages a broad spectrum of theorists, including economic historians creating predictive models for agrarian economies, ethnoarchaeologists addressing historical continuities and disjunctions, and scholars examining power and female agency. ER -