Table of contents : Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgements Note to the Reader Introduction: Byzantium after 1261: State, Society and Culture Part I: The Earthly Order 1 The Social System 2 Social Status 3 Social Stratification 4 Social Associations 5 Social Power Part II: Case Studies 6 Late Byzantine Provincial Society: The Example of Serres 7 Late Palaiologan Urban Society: Constantinople at the Turn of the Fifteenth Century Conclusion: The Order and the Structures of the Social System Appendices Tables 26–9 Glossary Byzantine Emperors (1261–1453) Alphabetical List of the Official Hierarchy of Titles in Pseudo-Kodinos Alphabetical List of Ecclesiastical Offices Bibliography Index of Names Index of Terms Index of Places