Peter Sarris
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 175832 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peter Sarris |
| NOMBRES | Peter |
| APELLIDO | Sarris |
| FIRMA | SARRIS P |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8323-4029 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 71 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The Dissemination and Appropriation of Legal Knowledge in the Age of Justinian
This chapter examines the ideological, political, and cultural significance of law in the East Roman empire in the ‘Age of Justinian’. It argues that imperial legislation was at the forefront of the political struggles and debates that characterised the era and suggests that knowledge of the law circulated much more rapidly and widely than has often been supposed, even reaching elements of the peasantry. The evidence for the circulation and disse…
Viewpoint New Approaches to the 'Plague of Justinian
This viewpoint is meant as a contribution to debate over the nature and significance of the 'Justinianic Plague', which struck Western Eurasia between the sixth and eighth centuries ce, and the methodological challenges posed by attempting to reconcile historical evidence with that derived from the realm of the Natural Sciences. In recent years, major advances have been made in our genetic understanding of the Justinianic Plague. Yet growing scie…
Economy and Society in the Age of the Sons of Constantine
K yle H arper . The Fate of Rome
Journal Article Kyle Harper. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. Get access Kyle Harper. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. (The Princeton History of the Ancient World.) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2017. Pp. 417. $35.00. Peter Sarris Peter Sarris University of Cambridge Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American …
Integration and Disintegration in the Late Roman Economy
This essay examines the role of state regulation, markets, and social structures in shaping the development of the Roman economy in Late Antiquity. It argues that the recent tendency amongst ancient historians to emphasise the role of markets, represents a welcome corrective to earlier primitivist tendencies. However, it is important that the current focus on markets should not distract attention from the strongly interventionist instincts of the…
Urban and Rural Economies in the Age of Attila
Legislation, Byzantine
With the concentration of political power in the hands of emperors, the late Roman and early Byzantine period of the fourth to the sixth centuries CE established the person of the emperor as the one and only legitimate source of law, and thus the one and only source of legislation.
Court (law), Byzantine
The structure of courts in the Byzantine Empire essentially mirrored that of the empire's political administration.
Taxation, Byzantine
The basis of Byzantine taxation was the land and those who worked it.
Justinian I
The emperor Justinian succeeded his elderly uncle Justin.
Crime, Byzantine
In Classical Roman law as reformulated for the Byzantine period by Justinian I (527–65 CE ), criminal law effectively came under the heading of administrative or “state” law and accordingly was not a topic deemed appropriate for consideration by legal scholars or civil jurisconsults.
Nika revolt
The Nika revolt (so‐called after the cry of the mob – Nika! – ”Conquer!”) was a major riot in Constantinople that took place January 11–19, 532 CE .
Government, theories of, Byzantine
The theories of government that characterized the writings of Byzantine courtiers, panegyrists, and polemicists in the period from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE (and that were bequeathed to later generations of Byzantine thinkers) were primarily derived from the world of Greek philosophy and – in a Christianized form – the political philosophies of the Hellenistic monarchies, with some influence on the part of Ciceronian concepts of the …
Justin I
Justin I (r. 518–527 CE ) is reported to have been an Illyrian peasant who made his way to Constantinople in search of a military career.
Demoi /demes, Byzantine
In the Byzantine period from the fourth century CE onward, the word demos/demoi was used to designate members of the Circus factions.
Byzantium, political structure
The political structure of the Byzantine Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries CE was essentially that which had been set in place by the reforms associated with the emperors Diocletian and Constantine in the late third and early fourth centuries.
Finance, Byzantine
The economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE was a highly monetized one, meaning that both state finances and those of private individuals and institutions were heavily dependent on and integrated into the workings of the imperial monetary system.
Sophia, empress
Aelia Sophia (ca. 530–post 601 CE ) was the wife of Justinian I's nephew and successor JUSTIN II and a formidable power at court.
Economy, Byzantine
The economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century to the middle of the sixth century CE was characterized by rising population levels, urban expansion, and a quickening of commercialized and monetized production and exchange.
Justin II
Justin II succeeded his uncle Justinian I as emperor in Constantinople in 565 CE , primarily, it would appear, on the basis of senatorial support.
Slavery, Late Antiquity and Byzantium
Slavery was a fundamental feature of both Late Antique and Byzantine economy and society, with the distinction between free ( liber ) and slave ( servus ) standing at the heart of social perceptions.
Jurisprudence, Byzantine
Legal science in the early Byzantine period of the fourth to the sixth centuries remained one of the great intellectual glories of the Roman world, but was also a cause of perennial headaches to emperors and administrators in that, in accordance with the long‐standing principles of the civil law, the opinions and writings of legal scholars such as Paulus, Gaius, and their less famous contemporaries and successors had legal standing and could be c…
Patron, patronage, Byzantine
Patronage (Latin patrocinium , Greek prostasia ) – the deployment of the influence of the more powerful members of society to the benefit or disadvantage of their social inferiors – was a basic fact of life in the Byzantine world
Legal literature, Byzantine
The early Byzantine period of the fourth to seventh centuries witnessed a decline in both the quantity and quality of legal literature, although not necessarily in legal science.
Large Estates and the Peasantry in Byzantium c. 600-1100
Grote domeinen en de plattelandsbevolking in Byzantium c. 600-1100. De laatste jaren werd grote vooruitgang geboekt wat betreft onze kennis van de landbouweconomie van het Oost-Romeinse Rijk tijdens de vierde tot de zevende eeuw. Historici zijn zich in het bijzonder meer bewust geworden van de omvang van de economische welvaart tijdens de late Oudheid en van de economische rol van direct beheerde grote landgoederen tijdens dezelfde periode. Dit a…
The Origins of the Manorial Economy
Journal Article The Origins of the Manorial Economy: New Insights from Late Antiquity Get access Peter Sarris Peter Sarris Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 119, Issue 481, April 2004, Pages 279–311, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/119.481.279 Published: 01 April 2004
The Justinianic plague
This article addresses the subject of the first well-attested outbreak of bubonic plague in the history of the Mediterranean world – the so-called ‘Justinianic Plague’ of the sixth century. The African origin of the disease is examined and contextualized, whilst recent revisionist arguments in relation to the scale of the depopulation caused by the plague are responded to with reference to the numismatic, legal, and papyrological sources. The num…
Viewpoint New Approaches to the 'Plague of Justinian
This viewpoint is meant as a contribution to debate over the nature and significance of the 'Justinianic Plague', which struck Western Eurasia between the sixth and eighth centuries ce, and the methodological challenges posed by attempting to reconcile historical evidence with that derived from the realm of the Natural Sciences. In recent years, major advances have been made in our genetic understanding of the Justinianic Plague. Yet growing scie…
The early Byzantine economy in context
This article responds to recent primitivist claims with respect to the late antique economy of the early Byzantine period. It examines the archaeological and documentary evidence for economic sophistication in early Byzantine Egypt, and addresses the issue of economic growth in late antiquity as a whole by placing the evidence for early Byzantine economic expansion in a broader medieval context. In particular, the epiphenomena of economic growth …
Introduction
Continuity and Discontinuity in the Post-Roman Economy
In Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800, Chris Wickham provides a compelling analysis of the impact of the fragmentation of the Roman Empire on state structures, social relations and economic systems. Those social classes and regional economies that were the most profoundly integrated into the trans-regional imperial framework suffered the greatest degree of dislocation. In most regions the period 400-800 was assoc…
Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity – Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance
The Justinianic plague
This article addresses the subject of the first well-attested outbreak of bubonic plague in the history of the Mediterranean world – the so-called ‘Justinianic Plague’ of the sixth century. The African origin of the disease is examined and contextualized, whilst recent revisionist arguments in relation to the scale of the depopulation caused by the plague are responded to with reference to the numismatic, legal, and papyrological sources. The num…
Rehabilitating the Great Estate
This article argues that recent emphasis on late antique economic expansion in the eastern Mediterranean and the prosperity of the peasantry of the East Roman empire has led historians to underestimate the economic importance of great estates owned by members of the imperial service aristocracy. This tendency has been exacerbated by the misleading testimony of early Byzantine saints’ lives, and an assumption that great estates were inherently aut…
The Origins of the Manorial Economy
Journal Article The Origins of the Manorial Economy: New Insights from Late Antiquity Get access Peter Sarris Peter Sarris Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 119, Issue 481, April 2004, Pages 279–311, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/119.481.279 Published: 01 April 2004
Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity – Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance
Continuity and Discontinuity in the Post-Roman Economy
In Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800, Chris Wickham provides a compelling analysis of the impact of the fragmentation of the Roman Empire on state structures, social relations and economic systems. Those social classes and regional economies that were the most profoundly integrated into the trans-regional imperial framework suffered the greatest degree of dislocation. In most regions the period 400-800 was assoc…
Economy and Society in the Age of Justinian
Introduction
The Formation of Post-Roman Society
This chapter examines in greater detail the barbarian invasions of the fifth century, looking at evidence for the size of invading armies and the impact of the invasions on Roman provincial society. The factors that shaped and fashioned ‘barbarian’ identity are examined, and emphasis is placed on the extent to which co-operative and symbiotic relations gradually emerged between the leaders of the barbarians and members of the provincial Roman ari…
Empires of faith
A panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Near East from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam
The early Byzantine economy in context
This article responds to recent primitivist claims with respect to the late antique economy of the early Byzantine period. It examines the archaeological and documentary evidence for economic sophistication in early Byzantine Egypt, and addresses the issue of economic growth in late antiquity as a whole by placing the evidence for early Byzantine economic expansion in a broader medieval context. In particular, the epiphenomena of economic growth …
Legislation, Byzantine
With the concentration of political power in the hands of emperors, the late Roman and early Byzantine period of the fourth to the sixth centuries CE established the person of the emperor as the one and only legitimate source of law, and thus the one and only source of legislation.
Court (law), Byzantine
The structure of courts in the Byzantine Empire essentially mirrored that of the empire's political administration.
Taxation, Byzantine
The basis of Byzantine taxation was the land and those who worked it.
Justinian I
The emperor Justinian succeeded his elderly uncle Justin.
Crime, Byzantine
In Classical Roman law as reformulated for the Byzantine period by Justinian I (527–65 CE ), criminal law effectively came under the heading of administrative or “state” law and accordingly was not a topic deemed appropriate for consideration by legal scholars or civil jurisconsults.
Nika revolt
The Nika revolt (so‐called after the cry of the mob – Nika! – ”Conquer!”) was a major riot in Constantinople that took place January 11–19, 532 CE .
Government, theories of, Byzantine
The theories of government that characterized the writings of Byzantine courtiers, panegyrists, and polemicists in the period from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE (and that were bequeathed to later generations of Byzantine thinkers) were primarily derived from the world of Greek philosophy and – in a Christianized form – the political philosophies of the Hellenistic monarchies, with some influence on the part of Ciceronian concepts of the …
Justin I
Justin I (r. 518–527 CE ) is reported to have been an Illyrian peasant who made his way to Constantinople in search of a military career.
Demoi /demes, Byzantine
In the Byzantine period from the fourth century CE onward, the word demos/demoi was used to designate members of the Circus factions.
Byzantium, political structure
The political structure of the Byzantine Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries CE was essentially that which had been set in place by the reforms associated with the emperors Diocletian and Constantine in the late third and early fourth centuries.
Finance, Byzantine
The economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE was a highly monetized one, meaning that both state finances and those of private individuals and institutions were heavily dependent on and integrated into the workings of the imperial monetary system.
Sophia, empress
Aelia Sophia (ca. 530–post 601 CE ) was the wife of Justinian I's nephew and successor JUSTIN II and a formidable power at court.
Economy, Byzantine
The economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century to the middle of the sixth century CE was characterized by rising population levels, urban expansion, and a quickening of commercialized and monetized production and exchange.
Justin II
Justin II succeeded his uncle Justinian I as emperor in Constantinople in 565 CE , primarily, it would appear, on the basis of senatorial support.
Slavery, Late Antiquity and Byzantium
Slavery was a fundamental feature of both Late Antique and Byzantine economy and society, with the distinction between free ( liber ) and slave ( servus ) standing at the heart of social perceptions.
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