Social Stratification in Late Byzantium

By Christos Malatras

Book Overview

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social structure of Late Byzantine society (mid 13th - mid 15th c.), including the norms and ideas that governed social relations, and the Byzantine perceptions of their society. It includes an analysis of all social groups, the social networks and the patron-client relations proliferating in this period, and the distribution of social and political power between the different social groups and the state. The deficiencies inherent in Byzantine society are recognised as one of the main factors behind the fragmentation and the collapse of the Byzantine empire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474460895
• ISBN13: 9781474460897
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"