CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Koroglu, Murat Kivanc |
|---|---|
| Title | The Late Byzantine Oikeioi: Prosopographical and Quantitative Analyses |
| Summary | My thesis aims to shed some light on a certain group of the imperial administration of late Byzantium (1261–1453): the oikeioi. In this epoch all or at least most court dignities and high administrative offices seem to have been shared between the high aristocracy, and those who became “related” to the emperor by oath and were described in official documents as oikeioi. This study comprises three main parts. First one include previous scholarship on the oikeioi, and the nature of oath rendering in late Byzantine politics; second part is a short textual research intended to demonstrate various usages of the term oikeios, excerpted mainly from literary works of middle and late Byzantine authors and archival documents; third section deals with a quantitative analyses of the data in relation to the oikeioi, which have been compiled by Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, displaying their sub divisions, titles, administrative offices, locations, livelihood options and connections. In the conclusion a case study will be offered in order to visualize the life and administrative career of an oikeios, George Sphrantzes. |
| Supervisor | Gaul, Niels |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/koroglu_murat.pdf |
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