Titlebook: Banditry in the Medieval Balkans, 800-1500; Panos Sophoulis Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 Byzantium.Viole

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Introduction,atively marginal, it clearly constituted a considerable hazard to local safety and order. The activity of robbers and highwaymen often disrupted communications and trade, and could severely undermine the productive capacity of the countryside, especially in poor agricultural and pastoral communities

Affectation

手銬

In Search of the Balkan Bandit,g chronicles, letters, legal documents and hagiographical texts, contain useful material. The available evidence makes it abundantly clear that the problem was particularly widespread in the region and affected all levels of society. However, banditry tended to become endemic when the power of state

獨(dú)特性

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Consequence

Responses to the Problem of Banditry in the Medieval Balkans,mercial activity in certain areas particularly hazardous. One suspects that banditry festered partly as a result of the inability or reluctance of central authorities to devote substantial resources, whether human or financial, in order to restore peace and security. These precursory observations al

Metamorphosis

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Conclusion,tention to the brigands themselves, their origins, their reasons for taking up banditry and the steps taken by central authorities to control brigandage. In the foregoing discussion I hope I have been able to elucidate some of the fundamental problems associated with banditry in its Balkan context,

座右銘

Banditry in the Medieval Balkans, 800-1500978-3-030-55905-2Series ISSN 2730-9363 Series E-ISSN 2730-9371

樹(shù)木心

Panos SophoulisExplores the history of banditry in the medieval Balkans between the ninth and fifteenth centuries.Identifies three main sources of banditry: shepherds, soldiers and peasants.Examines bandits themselv