IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1627: Approaching the Byzantine Family, II: Families in Action

Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:	Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Moderator/Chair:	Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Paper 1627-a	Families and Politics in the Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios (Language: English) Leonora Neville, Department of History, Catholic University of America, Washington DC Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Social History
Paper 1627-b	Family Property in Late Byzantine Thessaloniki (Language: English) Athanasia Stavrou, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, Department of Classics, Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Birmingham Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Social History
Paper 1627-c	Queens as Role Models in Islamic Literature (Language: English) Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds Index terms: Gender Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Mentalities, Women's Studies
Abstract	This session focuses on elite families and later families in action. Leonora Neville considers the presentation of 'aristocratic' families in the history of Nikephoros Byrennios, and argues that he presents us with a medieval reading of classical Roman political practice. Athanasia Stavrou explores the nature and administration of family property in Thessaloniki and its broader area in the 14th and 15th centuries. Ann Christys takes a comparative approach, examining the depiction of female rulers in Arabic literature and comparing them with two non-Muslim queens.