Studies on the Internal Diaspora of the Byzantine Empire

by Angeliki E. Laiou and Helene Ahrweiler

Although ethnicity is a modern concept and would not have been recognized by the Byzantines, throughout its history the Byzantine Empire was a multi-ethnic state. The papers in this volume examine questions of the uniformity and separateness of the various Byzantine populations and the degree and mechanisms of acculturation. The cultural uniformity that the Byzantine church and state pursued through Orthodoxy and the Greek language did not erase all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884022471
• ISBN13: 9780884022473
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"