The Byzantine Neighbourhood: Urban Space and Political Action

ISBN-13: 9781138371064 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 304 str.

Kondyli, Fotini

Opis

The Byzantine Neighbourhood contributes to a new narrative regarding Byzantine cities through the adoption of a neighbourhood perspective. Beyond its Byzantine focus, it also contributes to broader discussions of premodern urbanism by drawing attention to the spatial dimension of social life.

Spis treści

Introduction: A Neighborhood Perspective on Byzantine Cities  Part I: Defining Byzantine Neighborhoods  1. The View from Byzantine Texts  2. The View from Byzantine Archaeology  Part II: Byzantine Neighborhoods as Social Spaces  3. Who is the Person Living Next Door? Neighborly Relations in Early Byzantine Assos  4. Urban Space and Collective Action in Late Antique Arisnoë  5. Water and Social Relationships in Early Byzantine Neighborhoods  Part III: Byzantine Neighborhoods as Political Agents  6. The Oxeia: A Neighborhood Biography  7. Gortyn, Eleutherna, and Their Neighborhoods: The Politics of Transformation (4^th-Early 9^th Centuries)  8. A Tale of Two Cities: Thebes and Chalcis in a World of Change (9^th-15^th Centuries)  9. Privacy, Friendship, and Social Regulation in Byzantine Neighborhoods