Peasant Society in the Late Byzantine Empire: A Social and Demographic Study

Hardback

Main Details

Title Peasant Society in the Late Byzantine Empire: A Social and Demographic Study
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Angeliki E. Laiou-Thomadakis
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreEncyclopaedias and reference works
ISBN/Barcode 9780691656878
ClassificationsDewey:301.4443
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 12 March 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

This book applies scientific demographic methods to the study of Byzantine peasantry in a period of feudalization. The author shows that the number of peasants declined in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries for reasons that had less to do with catastrophes than with internal social developments. Her book makes the first thorough analysis of thi