Review: On the Scourge of the Late-Medieval Balkan Brigand (Sophoulis, 2020)

A straightforward social history for generalists and specialists alike

May 16, 2023

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Panos Sophoulis, Banditry in the Medieval Balkans, 800-1500 (Palgrave, 2020), 188pp.

This engaging study, a part of Palgrave’s New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture series, investigates an important aspect of Byzantine social life that is both well-known and yet understudied: that is, the role played by highwaymen, brigands, pirates and other s…

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