Studies on the internal diaspora of the Byzantine Empire
By: edited by Hélène Ahrweiler and Angeliki E. Laiou.
Contributors: Ahrweiler, Hélène.; Laiou, Angeliki E.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection; distributed by Harvard University Press; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; [Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Byzantine Empire; Social integration -- Byzantine Empire; Byzantine Empire -- Ethnic relations
Description: The successful coexistence of different ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups within the same political boundaries depends in part on the resolution of the tension between uniformity and separateness.

This volume reviews sources of tension and their resolution in a number of cases that may be considered paradigmatic and which include nomads and Muslims, the Serbs, the Armenians, and the population of Byzantine Italy. The mechanisms of integration or acculturation and their various degrees of success are investigated - as are the responses of different groups - in an effort to present some of the complexities of this society, rich in its diversity and impressive in its unicity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.