Social Change in Town and Country in Eleventh-Century Byzantium

James Howard-Johnston, Emeritus Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford

James Howard-Johnston is an Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was previously a Junior Research Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford between 1966 and 1971, Junior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. from 1968-9, and University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College from 1971 until 2009. He has also served as both an Oxford City Councillor and an Oxfordshire County Councillor and is married to the novelist Angela Huth.

Introduction, James Howard-Johnston
1. Transformations in Byzantine Society in the Eleventh Century, Particularly in Constantinople, Jean-Claude Cheynet
2. The Social Views of Michael Attaleiates, Dimitris Krallis
3. Social Change in the Countryside of Eleventh-Century Byzantium, Kostis Smyrlis
4. Before and After the Eleventh Century AD in the Territory of Sagalassos: Settlement Evolution, Eva Kaptijn and Marc Waelkens
5. What Went Wrong? Decline and Ruralization in Eleventh-Century Anatolia: The Archaeological Record, Philipp Niew?hner
6. Greece in the Eleventh Century, Pamela Armstrong
7. New Light on the Society of Byzantine Italy, Ghislaine Noy?
8. Social Change in Eleventh-Century Armenia: The Evidence from Tar?n, Tim Greenwood
9. Byzantium in the Eleventh Century: General Reflections, James Howard-Johnston