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Ενώ είναι εύκολο να οριστεί το τέλος της βυζαντινής περιόδου, η αρχή της είναι πιο δύσκολο να τοπ... more Ενώ είναι εύκολο να οριστεί το τέλος της βυζαντινής περιόδου, η αρχή της είναι πιο δύσκολο να τοποθετηθεί με σαφήνεια. Δεν υπάρχει κάποιο μεγάλο, ιδρυτικό γεγονός που μπορεί να θεωρηθεί ως αυτονόητη αφετηρία της. Το Βυζάντιο αναδύθηκε σταδιακά στην ελληνική Ανατολή, τη στιγμή που ο ρόγχος του αρχαίου κόσμου ακουγόταν πιο βαρύς και η ρωμαϊκή εξουσία στη Δύση παρέπαιε.
Χωρίς να αποτελεί μια λεπτομερή ιστορική αφήγηση της περιόδου, το βιβλίο αυτό φιλοδοξεί να φωτίσει με τρόπο απρόσμενο και δημιουργικό μια συναρπαστική περίοδο της ευρωπαϊκής ιστορίας, η οποία στάθηκε το μεταίχμιο και η αρχή ενός νέου κόσμου
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Αγιότητα: Θεολογία και Ιστορία, 2023
This chapter explores pagan sanctity in Late Antiquity, with a focus on the Lives of Plotinus, Py... more This chapter explores pagan sanctity in Late Antiquity, with a focus on the Lives of Plotinus, Pythagoras, and Proclus.
‘Madness’ in the Ancient World: Innate or Acquired? From Theoretical Concepts to Daily Life, edited by Christian Laes, Irina Metzler, 2023
ACHCByz 52, rue du Cardinal Lemoine -75005 Paris www.achcbyz.com 2014
Approaches to the Byzantine Family, Sep 2013
Αγάπης αντίδωρον. Μνήμη Μητροπολίτου κυρού Γερασίμου Φωκά, επιμ. Ν. Γ. Μοσχονάς, 2019
Papers by Fotis Vasileiou
Desiccation tolerance (DT) is the ability to tolerate dehydration to levels below 0.1 g(H 2 O) g-... more Desiccation tolerance (DT) is the ability to tolerate dehydration to levels below 0.1 g(H 2 O) g-1 (dry mass) and subsequent rehydration without lethal damage. Here, it is proposed that Leucaena leucocephala, a tree species, has potential to be model tolerant species in seed research. Using flow cytometry and transmission electron microscopy, cytological changes related to loss of DT in Leucaena primary roots were followed during germination. Leucaena seeds lost their DT at the end of germination and this coincided with an increase in cellular 4C DNA content. A negative correlation between the 8C DNA content and the capacity of germinating Leucaena seeds to tolerate desiccation was also observed. Apparently, the seeds of Leucaena underwent extra cycles of endoreduplication and accumulated a high content of DNA-an event not previously linked to DT. The ultrastructural damage imposed by drying overcame Leucaena primary root cell resilience and their ability to resume normal growth. Nuclear DNA content may be used as indicator of progress of germination and loss of DT in Leucaena.
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 2018
John Moschos includes the story of a female filicide in his Spiritual Meadow. After exploring the... more John Moschos includes the story of a female filicide in his Spiritual Meadow. After exploring the authorial self of Moschos, this article discusses the relation between this beneficial story and the biblical book of Jonah on the one hand, and Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis and Medea on the other. Finally, the story is examined in the wider framework of the seventh century, in an attempt to understand John Moschos’ viewpoint on his own time.
The Narrationes, one of the most interesting texts of the fifth century that bridge the gap betwe... more The Narrationes, one of the most interesting texts of the fifth century that bridge the gap between the Greek novel and the Byzantine hagiography, was traditionally attributed to Neilus of Ancyra. Neilos was an ascetic and writer: under his name have survived some ascetic treatises we now know they were written by Evagrios Pontikos, commentaries to the Song of Songs, as well as many letters that deal with various theological questions and provide advice on practical problems . The attribution of the Narrationes to Neilos of Ancyra has been rejected by most scholars. An interesting theory about the authorship was formulated by D. Tsames, who suggested that the author was actually his namesake, Neilos of Sinai, a fifth-century anchorite who impressed two educated pilgrims with his knowledge of the Old Testament . Διήγημα, as is the Greek title, is a first-person account of the adventures of an unnamed father and his son, Theodoulos, who were attacked by nomads, while they were visitin...
In a few words, the pagan historian managed not only to undermine the Emperor's devotion to his n... more In a few words, the pagan historian managed not only to undermine the Emperor's devotion to his new religion, but also to stage Christian bishops as unscrupulous men, without limits in their thirst for power, and their congregation as a gathering of impure sinners that no other religious group would have accepted. To be sure, Constantine's conversion started well before 326, the year Crispus and Fausta were executed 2 . He saw his famous vision, which was associated with his turn to Christianity, around 312, before the battle of the Milvian Bridge; and even before that, he had shown his concern
This article examines Macrina’s ascetic identity and Gregory of Nyssa’s intentions in writing the... more This article examines Macrina’s ascetic identity and Gregory of Nyssa’s intentions in writing the Life of his sister. Macrina’s highly complicated profile is constructed on the basis of two identities: a public one that displays the conservative life of an obedient daughter and/or a grieving wife, and a secret one that allowed her to lead the life of a virgin, who challenged and revised the traditional role of women in late antique family. This secrecy, though not attributed to Macrina alone, but almost to every character in the Life, is one of Gregory’s key patterns. As argued, this was his way to create an exemplum of asceticism, parallel to that developed in the Life of Anthony, but which instead would be accessible to laymen and would not contradict directly the ideals and norms of the Greco-Roman city.
This paper focuses on Isocasius, a pagan rhetor who lived in the 5th c. Antioch and was forced to... more This paper focuses on Isocasius, a pagan rhetor who lived in the 5th c. Antioch and was forced to become Christian.
Book Reviews by Fotis Vasileiou
Ο δημιουργός μιας παγκόσμιας ύστερης αρχαιότητας, 2024
Review of Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History, Princeton University Press, 2023 ... more Review of Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History, Princeton University Press, 2023 (in Greek)
The books' journal, Apr 2022
Βιβλιοκρισία για τον τόμο: Τι είναι ύστερη αρχαιότητα. Συναγωγή μελετών για τον υστερορωμαϊκό κόσ... more Βιβλιοκρισία για τον τόμο: Τι είναι ύστερη αρχαιότητα. Συναγωγή μελετών για τον υστερορωμαϊκό κόσμο, επιμ. Γεωργίου Ν. Δεληγιαννάκη, Αθήνα 2020
Κριτική παρουσίαση του βιβλίου μου "Η Προσέγγιση των Εθνικών κατά τον Άγιο Ιωάννη τον Χρυσόστομο"... more Κριτική παρουσίαση του βιβλίου μου "Η Προσέγγιση των Εθνικών κατά τον Άγιο Ιωάννη τον Χρυσόστομο" από τη σκοπιά ενός ιστορικού.
Του καθηγητή Φώτη Βασιλείου
Ενώ είναι εύκολο να οριστεί το τέλος της βυζαντινής περιόδου, η αρχή της είναι πιο δύσκολο να τοπ... more Ενώ είναι εύκολο να οριστεί το τέλος της βυζαντινής περιόδου, η αρχή της είναι πιο δύσκολο να τοποθετηθεί με σαφήνεια. Δεν υπάρχει κάποιο μεγάλο, ιδρυτικό γεγονός που μπορεί να θεωρηθεί ως αυτονόητη αφετηρία της. Το Βυζάντιο αναδύθηκε σταδιακά στην ελληνική Ανατολή, τη στιγμή που ο ρόγχος του αρχαίου κόσμου ακουγόταν πιο βαρύς και η ρωμαϊκή εξουσία στη Δύση παρέπαιε.
Χωρίς να αποτελεί μια λεπτομερή ιστορική αφήγηση της περιόδου, το βιβλίο αυτό φιλοδοξεί να φωτίσει με τρόπο απρόσμενο και δημιουργικό μια συναρπαστική περίοδο της ευρωπαϊκής ιστορίας, η οποία στάθηκε το μεταίχμιο και η αρχή ενός νέου κόσμου
Αγιότητα: Θεολογία και Ιστορία, 2023
This chapter explores pagan sanctity in Late Antiquity, with a focus on the Lives of Plotinus, Py... more This chapter explores pagan sanctity in Late Antiquity, with a focus on the Lives of Plotinus, Pythagoras, and Proclus.
‘Madness’ in the Ancient World: Innate or Acquired? From Theoretical Concepts to Daily Life, edited by Christian Laes, Irina Metzler, 2023
ACHCByz 52, rue du Cardinal Lemoine -75005 Paris www.achcbyz.com 2014
Approaches to the Byzantine Family, Sep 2013
Αγάπης αντίδωρον. Μνήμη Μητροπολίτου κυρού Γερασίμου Φωκά, επιμ. Ν. Γ. Μοσχονάς, 2019
Desiccation tolerance (DT) is the ability to tolerate dehydration to levels below 0.1 g(H 2 O) g-... more Desiccation tolerance (DT) is the ability to tolerate dehydration to levels below 0.1 g(H 2 O) g-1 (dry mass) and subsequent rehydration without lethal damage. Here, it is proposed that Leucaena leucocephala, a tree species, has potential to be model tolerant species in seed research. Using flow cytometry and transmission electron microscopy, cytological changes related to loss of DT in Leucaena primary roots were followed during germination. Leucaena seeds lost their DT at the end of germination and this coincided with an increase in cellular 4C DNA content. A negative correlation between the 8C DNA content and the capacity of germinating Leucaena seeds to tolerate desiccation was also observed. Apparently, the seeds of Leucaena underwent extra cycles of endoreduplication and accumulated a high content of DNA-an event not previously linked to DT. The ultrastructural damage imposed by drying overcame Leucaena primary root cell resilience and their ability to resume normal growth. Nuclear DNA content may be used as indicator of progress of germination and loss of DT in Leucaena.
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 2018
John Moschos includes the story of a female filicide in his Spiritual Meadow. After exploring the... more John Moschos includes the story of a female filicide in his Spiritual Meadow. After exploring the authorial self of Moschos, this article discusses the relation between this beneficial story and the biblical book of Jonah on the one hand, and Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis and Medea on the other. Finally, the story is examined in the wider framework of the seventh century, in an attempt to understand John Moschos’ viewpoint on his own time.
The Narrationes, one of the most interesting texts of the fifth century that bridge the gap betwe... more The Narrationes, one of the most interesting texts of the fifth century that bridge the gap between the Greek novel and the Byzantine hagiography, was traditionally attributed to Neilus of Ancyra. Neilos was an ascetic and writer: under his name have survived some ascetic treatises we now know they were written by Evagrios Pontikos, commentaries to the Song of Songs, as well as many letters that deal with various theological questions and provide advice on practical problems . The attribution of the Narrationes to Neilos of Ancyra has been rejected by most scholars. An interesting theory about the authorship was formulated by D. Tsames, who suggested that the author was actually his namesake, Neilos of Sinai, a fifth-century anchorite who impressed two educated pilgrims with his knowledge of the Old Testament . Διήγημα, as is the Greek title, is a first-person account of the adventures of an unnamed father and his son, Theodoulos, who were attacked by nomads, while they were visitin...
In a few words, the pagan historian managed not only to undermine the Emperor's devotion to his n... more In a few words, the pagan historian managed not only to undermine the Emperor's devotion to his new religion, but also to stage Christian bishops as unscrupulous men, without limits in their thirst for power, and their congregation as a gathering of impure sinners that no other religious group would have accepted. To be sure, Constantine's conversion started well before 326, the year Crispus and Fausta were executed 2 . He saw his famous vision, which was associated with his turn to Christianity, around 312, before the battle of the Milvian Bridge; and even before that, he had shown his concern
This article examines Macrina’s ascetic identity and Gregory of Nyssa’s intentions in writing the... more This article examines Macrina’s ascetic identity and Gregory of Nyssa’s intentions in writing the Life of his sister. Macrina’s highly complicated profile is constructed on the basis of two identities: a public one that displays the conservative life of an obedient daughter and/or a grieving wife, and a secret one that allowed her to lead the life of a virgin, who challenged and revised the traditional role of women in late antique family. This secrecy, though not attributed to Macrina alone, but almost to every character in the Life, is one of Gregory’s key patterns. As argued, this was his way to create an exemplum of asceticism, parallel to that developed in the Life of Anthony, but which instead would be accessible to laymen and would not contradict directly the ideals and norms of the Greco-Roman city.
This paper focuses on Isocasius, a pagan rhetor who lived in the 5th c. Antioch and was forced to... more This paper focuses on Isocasius, a pagan rhetor who lived in the 5th c. Antioch and was forced to become Christian.
Ο δημιουργός μιας παγκόσμιας ύστερης αρχαιότητας, 2024
Review of Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History, Princeton University Press, 2023 ... more Review of Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History, Princeton University Press, 2023 (in Greek)
The books' journal, Apr 2022
Βιβλιοκρισία για τον τόμο: Τι είναι ύστερη αρχαιότητα. Συναγωγή μελετών για τον υστερορωμαϊκό κόσ... more Βιβλιοκρισία για τον τόμο: Τι είναι ύστερη αρχαιότητα. Συναγωγή μελετών για τον υστερορωμαϊκό κόσμο, επιμ. Γεωργίου Ν. Δεληγιαννάκη, Αθήνα 2020
Κριτική παρουσίαση του βιβλίου μου "Η Προσέγγιση των Εθνικών κατά τον Άγιο Ιωάννη τον Χρυσόστομο"... more Κριτική παρουσίαση του βιβλίου μου "Η Προσέγγιση των Εθνικών κατά τον Άγιο Ιωάννη τον Χρυσόστομο" από τη σκοπιά ενός ιστορικού.
Του καθηγητή Φώτη Βασιλείου
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Late antique Christian writers constructed some intriguing portraits of powerful females that wer... more Late antique Christian writers constructed some intriguing portraits of powerful females that were in sharp contrast to the classical stereotype of the modest and passive woman. Macrina, Melania, Mary of Egypt or Syncletica personified this new model of virtue; but these were at the forefront of the narration. As a matter of fact in this same literature we meet other women in secondary roles, quite different from these brave and manly (ἀνδρεῖες) females. They were common women, who withstood the difficulties of the everyday life and had to cope with the violence of their environment, as husbands and other relatives, neighbors and strangers oppressed, maltreated, raped them.
This paper will focus on the violence which these women were subjected to. It is our aim to explore the patterns for the literary representation of this violence, its role in the text as well as the place it occupied in the imaginary horizon of the late antique society.
In the second part of his Life of Macrina Gregory of Nyssa records his last visit to her sister, ... more In the second part of his Life of Macrina Gregory of Nyssa records his last visit to her sister, her death and funeral. He stood by the bed of the dying woman and talked to her for the first time after eight years. When they remembered their departed brother Basil, Gregory started crying. By contrast, Macrina kept her self-control and took the opportunity to expound her views about human life and divine providence.
This is a striking scene indeed: A sentimental man mourning for his brother before a manly woman who resisted lament out of philosophical disposition.
As a crying man, Gregory was neither a unique nor an exceptional case. Starting with Achilles mourning for Patroclus and Priamus for his Hector in the Iliad, there was a long line of weeping men in Greek literary tradition. What was exceptional, if not revolutionary, was Macrina’s over-temperate attitude towards death. Whether Medea or Jerome’s Paula, the picture which ancient writers inherited to us is that of extremely passionate women.
But in the Life of Macrina sentimentality, and especially crying, was taken as a sign of weakness, an imperfection that must be overcome.
Taking this episode as a starting point, this paper will trace the change of the perception of tears in Late Antiquity and will investigate to what extent this affected the Roman ideal of masculinity.
Over the last decades our perception of the late antique paterfamilias has changed radically; rec... more Over the last decades our perception of the late antique paterfamilias has changed radically; recent research has ‘shaken’ established views to the effect that the father is no longer seen as a remote authority figure. Nevertheless, the late antique father remained a powerful symbol and a “conceptual tool” to prescribe and describe the relations in the administration, the army, the system of justice and the overall social domain. What is more, after 4th-century Christian theology, both in language and imagery, fatherhood became identified with the essence of God.
The role of the father in late antique family being still an intriguing subject of study, this paper aims to examine the effect of the death of the father to the other members of the family and, especially, how this loss changed their behaviour and way of life. Evidence will be drawn from epistolography, epigraphy, biography and hagiography.
For the Christian writers of Late Antiquity exploration of God’s nature was one of the greatest c... more For the Christian writers of Late Antiquity exploration of God’s nature was one of the greatest challenges. Whether adherents to the Nicene faith or Arians, they had to describe the properties of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, as well as the relationship between them. Inevitably, this effort led to the disconnection of properties from physical characteristics of a human person. Gender, age, or appearance, played no longer a decisive role in designating a person in the sense of “many that are first shall be last”, i.e., a general recomposition under new, less obvious and more internal criteria. As a result, such traditional values and ideals closely interwoven with gender as bravery (ἀνδρεία) were redefined so that women were then styled as brave or manly (ἀνδρεῖες γυναῖκες).
Gregory of Nyssa often refers to his older sister, Makrina, as being both his mother and teacher. Whereas their biological mother, Emmeleia, dealt very carefully with the raising of Makrina, she did not do so with her other children. As a matter of fact each child born after Makrina enjoyed less maternal care than the previous one, not only due to her consecutive pregnancies, but also to her inner refusal to accept the wife-mother role: Emmeleia wanted to devote herself to Christ and lead the life of a virgin. She was married only out of her fear to confront life alone and for the purpose of being under a man’s protection. As a result, Makrina gradually took over Emmeleia’s maternal duties.
Gregory also refers to his brother Basil as both his father and teacher. These two properties are so emphatically repeated in his work that the cursory reader may think that Gregory is speaking about his biological father.
In fact Gregory placed himself into two families: one kata physin with Basil the Elder as his father and Emmeleia as his mother, and one kata charin with his brother Basil of Caesaria and his sister Emmeleia replacing his parents.
This paper will investigate the complexities of the family relationships as well as the argument lying under Gregory’s endeavor to ‘recreate’ his family.
Το μάθημα εξετάζει σφαιρικά την πρώιμη Βυζαντινή περίοδο (324-610). Στο επίκεντρο βρίσκονται οι π... more Το μάθημα εξετάζει σφαιρικά την πρώιμη Βυζαντινή περίοδο (324-610). Στο επίκεντρο βρίσκονται οι πολιτικές, στρατιωτικές και οικονομικές εξελίξεις που επέτρεψαν την μετατροπή της Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας σε Βυζαντινή. Μεταξύ των θεμάτων που μελετώνται είναι και οι μεταρρυθμίσεις και οι κωδικοποιήσεις της νομοθεσίας, η επικράτηση του Χριστιανισμού και η σχέση των χριστιανών με τους εθνικούς και την κλασική παιδεία, οι ενδοχριστιανικές έριδες, ο μοναχισμός, η εξέλιξη της αστικής ζωής, η οικογενειακή ζωή.
Στο μάθημα εξετάζονται τα κύρια στοιχεία της παιδείας, πνευματικής συγκρότησης και πολιτιστικής π... more Στο μάθημα εξετάζονται τα κύρια στοιχεία της παιδείας, πνευματικής συγκρότησης και πολιτιστικής παραγωγής στον βυζαντινό κόσμο. Μεταξύ άλλων, εξετάζονται: η σχέση του Χριστιανισμού με τον Ελληνισμό, ο ρόλος και η δράση των λογίων, τα στάδια και το περιεχόμενο της βυζαντινής εκπαίδευσης, οι πνευματικές κινήσεις, η συμβολή του Βυζαντίου στην διάσωση και διάδοση της αρχαίας ελληνικής παράδοσης, η αντιγραφική δραστηριότητα και η σχέση της με τον μοναχισμό, καθώς και η συγγραφική δραστηριότητα υπό την επίνευση ή παρότρυνση των αυτοκρατόρων, ή μελών της ανώτερης αριστοκρατίας.
Βιογραφία και Αυτοβιογραφία στην Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα Η ύστερη αρχαιότητα, η περίοδος που γενικά ... more Βιογραφία και Αυτοβιογραφία στην Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα
Η ύστερη αρχαιότητα, η περίοδος που γενικά ορίζεται από την διάδοση του Χριστιανισμού έως την άνοδο του Ισλάμ, αν και σχετικά άγνωστη στην Ελλάδα, ασκεί ιδιαίτερη γοητεία στον σύγχρονο άνθρωπο. Εποχή κρίσης και μετάβασης, εποχή δυσφορίας και αγωνίας, παραδόσεων και νεωτερισμών, η ύστερη αρχαιότητα παρουσιάζει πολλές παραλληλίες με το σήμερα: Από την οικονομική Κρίση και την πολιτική αστάθεια, τις δραματικές αλλαγές στην κοινωνική διαστρωμάτωση, την εισβολή «βαρβάρων» στην Ευρώπη, την παραγωγή και εισαγωγή νέων αντιλήψεων, φιλοσοφιών, θρησκειών. Ουσιαστικά, κατά την ύστερη αρχαιότητα δεν τέθηκαν απλώς τα θεμέλια του μεσαιωνικού κόσμου, αλλά σε πολλά θέματα έπεσε ο σπόρος που απέδωσε καρπούς στη σύγχρονη εποχή.
Η λογοτεχνική παραγωγή της εποχής είναι εξίσου σημαντική. Τα κλασικά είδη (ιστοριογραφία, φιλοσοφία, ρητορική κτλ) συνεχίζονται να καλλιεργούνται, η ελληνορωμαϊκή παράδοση όμως μπολιάστηκε γόνιμα με ιδέες, τρόπους, μοτίβα, προβληματισμούς άλλων παραδόσεων (εβραϊκής, αιγυπτιακής κτλ). Έτσι, ενώ οι συγγραφείς φαίνεται να υπακούνε στους κλασικούς κανόνες, το περιεχόμενο των έργων τους όμως κάθε άλλο παρά κλασικό είναι. Με υπόγειο και υπαινικτικό, αλλά συχνά και με ευθύ τρόπο τίθενται συναρπαστικά ζητήματα που αφορούν πολιτικά, κοινωνικά και θρησκευτικά προβλήματα, αλλά και θέματα εκπαίδευσης, οικογενειακών δομών, συγκρότησης του φύλου και ταυτότητας του ατόμου.
Στο συγκεκριμένο σεμινάριο θα επικεντρώσουμε σε ένα κομμάτι της λογοτεχνικής παραγωγής της περιόδου, την βιογραφία και την αυτοβιογραφία, δηλαδή τα κατεξοχήν έργα που έχουν στο επίκεντρό τους τον άνθρωπο, τα έργα και τις ιδέες του, τους στόχους και τις αγωνίες του. Αφού δούμε την εξέλιξη της βιογραφίας και της αυτοβιογραφίας από τα κλασικά χρόνια ως την ύστερη αρχαιότητα, θα διαβάσουμε και θα σχολιάσουμε μερικά από τα σημαντικότερα έργα της περιόδου (τους Ιερούς λόγους του Αίλιου Αριστείδη, τον Βίο του Αντωνίου του Μεγάλου του Αθανασίου Αλεξανδρείας, τον Βίο της Μακρίνας του Γρηγορίου Νύσσης κτλ) με σκοπό να κατανοήσουμε την εποχή, τους συγγραφείς και τις στοχεύσεις τους, και, φυσικά, τους ήρωες.
MTM 45, 2014
This book is about conflicts over inheritance in the Ancient and Mediaeval Worlds. It deals with ... more This book is about conflicts over inheritance in the Ancient and Mediaeval Worlds. It deals with rules of inheritance and property division in ancient Greece, in the Roman and Byzantine Empires, in some Latin kingdoms and in mediaeval Islamic Egypt. The sources drawn upon for this book are varied: documentary sources, such as inscriptions, papyri and manuscripts containing petitions and wills, but also literary sources, legal documents and law codes. The book focuses on the impact religions had on family law and property transmission and offers insight on Greco-Roman religion, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
It deals with gender inequality in the Ancient and Mediaeval Mediterranean world.
Ce livre porte sur les conflits autour de l’héritage dans le monde européen de l’Antiquité à la fin du Moyen Âge. Il traite des règles de l’héritage et de la division des propriétés en Grèce ancienne, dans les Empires romain et byzantin, certains royaumes latins et l’Egypte musulmane, au temps des Mameloukes. Les sources mises à contribution dans ce livre sont diverses : sources documentaires, inscriptions, papyri et manuscrits fournissant pétitions et testaments, mais aussi des sources littéraires, des jugements rendus et des codes de lois. Le livre se concentre sur l’impact que les religions ont eu sur le droit familial et la transmission des biens, et offre une appréciation du phénomène pour la religion gréco-romaine, le judaïsme, le christianisme et l’islam. Il aborde finalement la question du traitement inégal des genres dans le monde la Méditerranée antique et médiévale.
ISBN 978-2-916716-52-7