New book by Nathan Leidholm explores slavery and family in the Byzantine world

Associate Professor Nathan Leidholm from the Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas has published a monograph with Arc Humanities Press. The book, Slavery and Unfreedom in Byzantine Thought on the Household, examines how slavery and family were deeply intertwined in Byzantine society. Drawing on diverse sources and modern theories such as intersectionality and social death, it reveals how enslaved people were integral to Byzantine ideas of the household and family life, shaping social and cultural conceptions of domestic space and relationships. Read the book here