In enemy hands

The Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries

Bibliographic Data

ID12279023
AuthorsGrigori Simeonov (0000-0002-3190-0779, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Vienna, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume31
Issue3
Pages430-458
Publication date2023-06-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEarly Medieval Europe (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0963-9462 • E-ISSN: 1468-0254
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/emed.12642
PMID38529107
OpenAlexW4381852634
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second part discusses aspects of the role social status and gender played in the process of being taken over and then (possibly but not necessarily) held in captivity. Although one can trace similarities in the way captors treated their captives on different occasions, an overgeneralizing approach can prove misleading, distracting us from the dynamics of the consequences that war and abduction had on both the agency of the victor and the fate of the loser in the early Middle Ages

Adversary · Agency (philosophy · Ancient history · Archaeology · Byzantine architecture · Captivity · Computer security · Context (archaeology · Empire · Settlement (finance · Social science · Sociology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History

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