Chapter 1. Defining “the Family” in Byzantine Sources and the Modern Historiography

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS v
4. List of Abbreviations vii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. Defining “the Family” in Byzantine Sources and the Modern Historiography 13
8. Chapter 2. The Language of Kinship 37
9. Chapter 3. Marriage Impediments and the Concept of Family 63
10. Chapter 4. Interrogating Consanguinity in a Byzantine Context 87
11. Chapter 5. Family Names and the Politics of Reputation 111
12. Chapter 6. Kinship and Political Developments of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries 137
13. Conclusion 163
14. Select Bibliography 169
15. Index 181