The studies in this volume reflect the author's interest in history as it was lived: not only the social and economic structures, but the men and women, collect

This is a concise survey of the economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Organised chronologically, the

Gender was a key social indicator in Byzantine society, as in many others. While studies of gender in the western medieval period have appeared regularly in the

The Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs

After an introductory general essay on the life cycle and status of women in Byzantine society, this volume focuses on female religious life, with particular em