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Cities and Imperial Authority in the Western Provinces of the Byzantine Empire, 12th-14th Centuries. Medieval Worlds|Urban Agencies: Reframing Anatolian and Caucasian Cities (13th-14th Centuries) & Movement and Mobility in the Medieval Mediterranean: Changing Perspectives from Late Antiquity to the Long-Twelfth Century, II - Volume 14. 2021 medieval worlds Volume 14. 2021|
No full textChrysobulls issued »in common« to the inhabitants of cities, together with a large number of other surviving sources, shed light on the interplay in the Byzantine Empire during the long thirteenth century between, on the one hand, growing claims to civic autonomy advanced by communes and, on the other, efforts by imperial authority to control its territory. This chapter examines the emergence of a new kind of empire – based on commerce and trade – under the Palaiologoi. It analyses the changing circumstances of urban centres in the western provinces, and assesses the degree of fiscal, legal and political emancipation that these centres achieved. It discusses the creation of leagues and other types of alliances that successfully bound cities and towns together into regional associations. It also considers the mechanisms behind revolts and other forms of armed and unarmed protest that occurred against the central regime. Particular attention is paid to the region of northern Greece (Thrace and Macedonia) dominated by the city of Thessalonike, for which the evidence is most plentiful
Moicheia and the Unity of Greek Law. Akten der Gesellschaft für Griechische und Hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte|(28) Symposion 2019 Akten der Gesellschaft für griechische und hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte Band 28|
No full textThis paper proposes moicheia (seduction) as an instance of the unity ofancient Greek law. Part I examines the sources that state or imply such unity. Part IIanalyzes the treatment of moicheia in specific sources and places. Part III concludesthat the most compelling evidence for unity lies in the detention for ransom of theseducer caught in the act and in the humiliation of the seducer and/or his paramour
Topographica corrigenda. Annakirche am Deuteron – columna virginea – Nikolaoskloster – Doppelkloster der Theotokos Kecharitomene und des Christos Philanthropos (Topographica Corrigenda. The Church of Saint Anne at the Deuteron—columna virginea—Monastery of Saint Nicholas—Double Monastery of the Theotokos Kecharitomene and of Christ Philanthropos). Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik|Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 70. Band|
No full textThis historic-topographical study discusses aspects of the spatial relationships of some monuments and monasterieswithin the urban fabric of Constantinople. An attempt is made to determine their locations more precisely based on an examinationof the written sources. In particular, the recently published critical edition of the Kniga Palomnik of Antonij of Novgorodprovides new topographical information and hagiographic insights. Former errors of the author and some mistakes in currentresearch may be corrected in this way
Courts, Magistrates and Allotment Procedures: A New Inscribed Kleroterion from Hellenistic Athens. Akten der Gesellschaft für Griechische und Hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte|(28) Symposion 2019 Akten der Gesellschaft für griechische und hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte Band 28|
No full textA marble allotment machine (kleroterion) recently discovered in Athens(inv.no. ΠΛ 2176) is here published for the first time. This is the fourth example of akleroterion inscribed with the name of the Treasurer of the prytaneia Habron, son ofKallias, of the deme Bate. The office seems to have been a creation of the 2ndcentury B.C. After revisiting the extant kleroteria, I propose to lower their date tothe 160s
Agglomeration Processes in Ageing Societies
No full textThis article investigates agglomeration processes in ageing societies by introducing anoverlapping generation structure into a New Economic Geography model. Whether highereconomic integration leads to spatial concentration of economic activity crucially hinges onthe economies' demographic properties. While population aging as represented by decliningbirth rates strengthens agglomeration processes, declining mortality rates weaken them. This isdue to the fact that we allow for nonconstant population size. In particular, we show thatpopulation growth acts as an important dispersion force that augments the distributionaleffects on agglomeration processes resulting from the turnover of generations.JEL classification: R12, J10, F15, C6
Bibliografie zur Spätantike und Christlichen Archäologie in Österreich (mit einem Anhang zum spätantik-frühchristlichen Ephesos). 2020 erschienene Publikationen. Mitteilungen zur Christlichen Archäologie|Mitteilungen zur Christlichen Archäologie 27 27|
No full textDie Rhetren des Lykurg und die Entstehung des spartanischen Kosmos. Akten der Gesellschaft für Griechische und Hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte|(28) Symposion 2019 Akten der Gesellschaft für griechische und hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte Band 28|
No full textQuellen aus dem späten 5. und dem 4. Jh. zeigen, dass antike Autorenbereits in klassischer Zeit Lykurg eine grundlegende Neuordnung des spartanischenKosmos zugeschrieben haben. Die Ziele seiner Maßnahmen waren, nach demverlustreichen Messenischen Krieg die Zahl der Spartiaten zu steigern, die vielenKriegswitwen zu versorgen und durch Ansiedlung der im Krieg freigelassenenHeloten in Messenien die Herrschaft über diese Landschaft zu sichern
Does Fertility Decrease the Welfare of Households? An Analysis of Poverty Dynamics and Fertility in Indonesia
No full textIt is generally accepted that lower population growth is associated with positive economicdevelopment. Although there is a large body of literature supporting this hypothesis at themacro level, few studies have analyzed the causal e®ect of fertility on household welfare atthe micro level. In this paper we present an empirical analysis of the relationship betweenhousehold welfare and fertility for Indonesia - a country which has experienced unprecedentedeconomic growth and sharp fertility declines over recent decades. The focus of our paper istwofold: First, we introduce and apply propensity score matching methods to study the rela-tionship between fertility outcomes and economic variables at the household level. Secondly,we explicitly test for the sensitivity of our results with respect to alternative measures of wel-fare at the household level. When consumption expenditure per person is used as a measureof welfare, the analysis suggests that the correlation between fertility and household welfare issensitive to the choice of the parameters governing economics of scale and equivalence scalesat the household level. The lower these values are the less likely will an additional childdepress household welfare. On the other hand, when the share of food in total expenditureis used as a measure of welfare, the result does not produce a decisive sign of the correlationbetween fertility and household welfare
