Book contents
- Rural Communities in Late Byzantium
- Rural Communities in Late Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 In Search of Late Byzantine Rural Island Communities
- 2 Who’s Who in the Rural Landscape
- 3 Pathways of Resilience
- 4 Defending the Realm
- 5 Community-Building in the Face of Crisis
- 6 The Return of the People
- Book part
- References
- Index
2 - Who’s Who in the Rural Landscape
The Makeup of Late Byzantine Rural Communities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
- Rural Communities in Late Byzantium
- Rural Communities in Late Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 In Search of Late Byzantine Rural Island Communities
- 2 Who’s Who in the Rural Landscape
- 3 Pathways of Resilience
- 4 Defending the Realm
- 5 Community-Building in the Face of Crisis
- 6 The Return of the People
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
“As rural people try and access resources they do so through engaging in relationships with other actors who are both present but more often than not usually absent from the day-to-day activities of rural people,” writes Anthony Bebbington on contemporary Latin American rural communities and their livelihood.1 This multiplicity of actors, all active in the rural landscape and all interacting with each other, was already introduced at the beginning of this book with the dispute between the Kondylis family and Lavra Monastery in which a variety of individuals, monks, imperial officials, local elites, and villagers were involved in its resolution.2
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- Rural Communities in Late ByzantiumResilience and Vulnerability in the Northern Aegean, pp. 29 - 72Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022