Microstructures and Mobility in the Byzantine World

Contributions by Bruno De Nicola Contributions by John Haldon Contributions by Ekaterini Mitsiou Contributions by Christos Malatras Contributions by Christos Makrypoulias Contributions by Efi Ragia Contributions by Florence Liard Contributions by Claudia Rapp Contributions by Yannis Stouraitis Edited by Claudia Rapp Edited by Yannis Stouraitis

Book cover: Microstructures and Mobility in the Byzantine World

Extent: 230 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Moving Byzantium

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2024)

ISBN: 9783847114970

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $69.00

In stock

The articles in this volume open new perspectives on the forces of cohesion in the Byzantine empire. By investigating geographical mobility in conjunction with social mobility, the volume contributes to a fresh understanding of the centre-periphery paradigm.


The volume – whose chapters originated at panels at the International Byzantine Congress in Belgrade and at the IMC in Leeds – seeks to offer an introduction into various aspects of social and geographical mobility, and the intrinsic relationship between the two, as well as into the microstructures of social action in the Byzantine world during the high and late Middle Ages. Based on a balanced approach to the role of personal agency and social structure, the authors of the individual chapters seek to clarify how and why various kinds of people mobilized to either change place and/or social position, or to form groups whose actions shaped social reality both at the imperial centre and the provincial periphery.

  • Contributions by Bruno De Nicola
  • Contributions by John Haldon
  • Contributions by Ekaterini Mitsiou
  • Contributions by Christos Malatras
  • Contributions by Christos Makrypoulias
  • Contributions by Efi Ragia
  • Contributions by Florence Liard
  • Contributions by Claudia Rapp
  • Contributions by Yannis Stouraitis
  • Edited by Claudia Rapp
  • Edited by Yannis Stouraitis