Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. List of Abbreviations x
5. Preface and Acknowledgements xiv
6. Note to the Reader xvii
7. Introduction: Byzantium after 1261: State, Society and Culture 1
8. Part I: The Earthly Order
9. 1 The Social System 49
10. 2 Social Status 80
11. 3 Social Stratification 111
12. 4 Social Associations 194
13. 5 Social Power 231
14. Part II: Case Studies
15. 6 Late Byzantine Provincial Society: The Example of Serres 295
16. 7 Late Palaiologan Urban Society: Constantinople at the Turn of the Fifteenth Century 391
17. Conclusion: The Order and the Structures of the Social System 428
18. Appendices
19. Tables 26–9 441
20. Glossary 515
21. Byzantine Emperors (1261–1453) 520
22. Alphabetical List of the Official Hierarchy of Titles in Pseudo-Kodinos 521
23. Alphabetical List of Ecclesiastical Offices 523
24. Bibliography 525
25. Index of Names 569
26. Index of Terms 577
27. Index of Places 587