Notes on Contributors. Foreword. List of Abbreviations. Maps. 1. Towards a Social History of Byzantium ( John Haldon, Princeton University ). 2. Men, Women, Eunuchs: Gender, Sex and Power ( Liz James, University of Sussex ). 3. Family Structure and the Transmission of Property ( Angeliki Laiou, University of Harvard ). 4. The Social Function of the Law ( Bernard Stolte, University of Groningen ). 5. Social Relations and the Land: The Early Period ( Peter Sarris, University of Cambridge ). 6. Land and Power in the Middle and Later Period ( Peter Frankopan, University of Oxford ). 7. The Producing Population ( Michel Kaplan, University of Paris 1 ). 8. Social Elites, Wealth and Power ( John Haldon, Princeton University ). 9. Court Society and Aristocracy ( Paul Magdalino, University of St Andrews ). 10. The Church and Society ( Michael Angold, University of Edinburgh ). 11. A Monastic World ( Alice-Mary Talbot, Dumbarton Oaks ). Glossary of Byzantine/Medieval Terms. Index.