TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leidholm,Nathan
TI  - Elite Byzantine kinship, ca. 950-1204: blood, reputation, and the genos 
T2  - Beyond medieval Europe
SN  - 9781641890298
AV  - HT653.B98 L45 2019
U1  - 949.502 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Leeds
PB  - Arc Humanities Press
KW  - Aristocracy (Social class)
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Kinship
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Parenté
KW  - Empire byzantin
KW  - Élite (Sciences sociales)
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Comneni Dynasty (Byzantine Empire)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - History
KW  - 527-1081
KW  - Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185
KW  - Angeli, 1185-1204
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1081-1185 (Dynastie des Comnènes)
KW  - 1185-1204 (Dynastie des Anges)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 2016; Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179); Defining 'the family' in Byzantine sources and the modern historiography -- The language of kinship -- Marriage impediments and the concept of family -- Interrogating consanguinity in a Byzantine context -- Family names and the politics of reputation -- Kinship and political developments of the eleventh and twelfth centuries
N2  - This study explores the role and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or genos, as a distinct social entity, particularly its political and cultural role, as it appears in a variety of sources in the tenth through twelfth centuries. While the genos has served as a central component of many historical arguments attempting to explain the changes occurring in this period, no scholar has yet produced a study focused on the genos as a social unit, and even the concept's basic definition remains unclear. At the same time, historians of Late Antiquity, Medieval Europe, and Byzantium have all struggled to find meaningful ways to analyze and interpret kinship structures beyond the household or nuclear family. This work seeks to ameliorate these shortcomings and, in so doing, addresses aspects of cultural, social, and political change in Byzantium through the lens of kinship
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