A conversation with Fotini Kondyli about our changing picture of rural communities in late Byzantium. We talk about resilience in times of crisis — the fourteenth century was not an easy one! — and about how we can reimagine and restore the power and agency of these rural non-elites. We also talk about survey archaeology, one of our main tools for accessing these communities.
Fotini Kondyli is Associate Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include Byzantine and Frankish spatial practices, community-building processes and the material culture of Byzantine non-elites. Click here to view her university webpage or follow Fotini on Twitter @FotiniKondyli
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A conversation with Fotini Kondyli about our changing picture of rural communities in late Byzantium. We talk about resilience in times of crisis — the fourteenth century was not an easy one! — and about how we can reimagine and restore the power and agency of these rural non-elites. We also talk about survey archaeology, one of our main tools for accessing these communities.
Fotini Kondyli is Associate Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include Byzantine and Frankish spatial practices, community-building processes and the material culture of Byzantine non-elites. Click here to view her university webpage or follow Fotini on Twitter @FotiniKondyli
This talk is based on her book Rural Communities in Late Byzantium: Resilience and Vulnerability in the Northern Aegean (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can follow him on his personal website.
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Top Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France MS Grec 74 fol 39v
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