State, Army and Society in Byzantium: Approaches to Military, Social and Administrative History, 6th-12th Centuries

Variorum
John Haldon
ISBN: 0860784975
price: $111.95   hardcover

This book presents a selection of John Haldon's articles dealing with the relationship between the state and society in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. The particular focus is on the role and structure of the army and the soldiers who constituted it. Haldon analyzes the conceptual framework within which this history is studied. Additional notes provide further consideration of the methodology and updated bibliographical information.
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Some remarks on the background to the iconoclast controversy; Ideology and social change in the 7th century: military discontent as a barometer; Some considerations on Byzantine society and economy in the 7th century; The feudalism debate once more: the case of Byzantium; Administrative continuities and structural transformations in East Roman military organisation c. 580-640; The army and the economy: the allocation and redistribution of surplus wealth in the Byzantine state; Military service, military lands, and the status of soldiers current problems and interpretations; Synônê: re-considering a problematic term of middle Byzantine fiscal administration; Index.