Byzantine slavery and the Mediterranean world /
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| Author / Creator: | Rotman, Youval. |
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| Uniform title: | Esclaves et l'esclavage. English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | x, 307 p. : map ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7884626 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Theoretical Approaches
- Civil Status and Economic Status
- Civil Status and Social Status: Free versus Slave, Free Labor versus Forced Labor
- The Social Stratification Model
- The Definition of Freedom and Its Problematic
- The Different Dimensions of Unfreedom
- 2. Medieval Slavery in a New Geopolitical Space
- The Provenance of Slaves
- Civilian Captives, Prisoners of War, and Christian Marriage
- The Slave Trade: The New Commercial Map of the Medieval World
- 3. Slavery, a Component of a Medieval Society
- The Language of Slavery
- Slavery and the Other Categories of a Medieval Society
- Slaves in the City: Participation in Artisanal and Economic Urban Life
- Slaves in the Countryside
- Freedmen in Society
- 4. Evolution of the Concept of Unfreedom
- The Byzantine Church and the Idea of Slavery
- The Christian Identity of the Byzantine Slave
- The Slave as Human Being: A Change in Mentality
- The Slave, the Free Person, and the Public Authorities
- Conclusion: Slavery, Freedom, and Unfreedom
- Appendixes
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
