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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sophoulis, Panos (1974-....). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Banditry in the medieval Balkans, 800-1500 [Texte imprimé] / Panos Sophoulis
Publication : Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-188 p.) ; 22 cm
Collection : New approaches to Byzantine history and culture
Lien à la collection : New approaches to Byzantine history and culture
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 143-183. Index
This book explores the history of banditry in the medieval Balkans between the ninth
and fifteenth centuries. While several scholars have recognized the problems which
various outlaw groups caused in the region during the Middle Ages, few have given
much attention to the bandits themselves, their origins, their reasons for taking
up brigandage, and the steps taken by the central authorities to control their activity.
Among other things, this book identifies three main sources of banditry: shepherds,
soldiers and peasants. Far from being 'lone wolves', these men operated within well-defined
social networks. Poverty played a decisive role in driving them to a life of crime,
but there is strong evidence to suggest that the growing economic prosperity in parts
of the Balkans from the ninth century onwards may have also contributed to the rise
of the phenomenon
Sujet(s) : Bandits et brigands -- Balkans -- Moyen âge
Crime organisé -- Balkans -- Moyen âge
Indice(s) Dewey :
364.150 9 (23e éd.) = Infractions contre la personne - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 303055905X (erroné). - ISBN 9783030559052 (erroné). - ISBN 9783030559045. - ISBN
3030559041 (erroné) (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46593027s
Notice n° :
FRBNF46593027
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Introduction ; 2. The Reasons for the Rise of Balkan Banditry between the Ninth
and the Fourteenth Centuries ; 3. The 'Sociology' of Balkan Banditry ; 4. The Bandit
and his Community: 'Parasitical' Societies in the Medieval Balkans? ; 5. The State's
Response to Banditry ; 6. Appendix: Inventory of References to Balkan Banditry in
the Sources.
