The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Elites Old and New

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The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East

Elites Old and New

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Edited by John Haldon, Lawrence I. Conrad

Publisher:: Gerlach Books
Online publication date:: September 2025
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9783959940917
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783959940917

Subjects:: Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History
Series:: Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

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A collection of critical analyses of the structure, historical development, and composition of the elite strata of late Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic societies in the eastern Mediterranean basin. Culture change, economic foundations, political roles and function, social composition, and background and origins of old and new elites are the focus of the contributions by scholars who deal with the fate of the later Roman elite and its successors.

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The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East

Elites Old and New

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Abbreviations
pp vii-viii

List of Figures
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

Introduction: Elites Old and New in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East
pp 1-12

1 - Elite Incomes in the Early Islamic State
pp 13-28

2 - Concepts of Leadership in Bedouin Society
pp 29-62

3 - Elites and Patronage in Early Byzantium: the Evidence from Hagios Demetrios at Thessalonike
pp 63-90

4 - Democratization Revisited: Culture and Late Antique and Early Byzantine Elites
pp 91-108

5 - Byzantine Leaders in Arabic-Muslim Texts
pp 109-132

6 - Notes Towards a Discussion of the Depiction of the Umayyads in Byzantine Literature
pp 133-148

7 - Bishops in Late Antiquity: a New Social and Urban Elite?
pp 149-178

8 - The Fate of the Late Roman Senatorial Elite: Extinction or Transformation?
pp 179-234

9 - Nobility, Monarchy and Legitimation under the Later Sasanians
pp 235-274

10 - Social Elites in Iraq and Iran: After the Conquest
pp 275-284

Conclusion
pp 285-298

Index
pp 299-316

Figures
pp 317-336

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