the social heirarchy of the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine Empire had three different levels of society. The upper class, the middle class, and the lower class people each with their own skills, like the emperor is at the top. The people did not get to move in between levels of their society it was set at birth by the emperor. Your place in the levels was determined by your hereditary (birth). Slaves worked off of the upper class, the slaves were a part of the lower class people which could be small land owners. As a citizen of the Byzantine Empire, the Emperor said what rights you have based on your social class.
Social Hierarchy and Views of Human Nature Within Society There were many things about the social society in the byzantine empire. one thing is the kings were usually hereditary, what I mean by hereditary is the kings sons were to become kings when they were older.
Another interesting fact about the byzantine empire is the social movement. could a poor lower man in society become very wealthy. The answer is yes and no. There was extreme mobility between classes in the early half of the third century. so in the earlier half people could move up in the social class. Later on the in the early 4th century the king tried to bind people to their social classes, so they could not move as much.
a thing about social classes in the byzantine empire was is was mostly based off of land and rank in army. The more land you owned the higher class you were. Or the higher rank in the army you were the higher rank you were in social society. So the social levels of society was just based on army and land and wealth. If you were not wealthy or in the army at a decent rank you were considered a lower social level of society.
Then there was slaves in the byzantine empire It i will talk about it in the Western Empire that fell (5th century). There was a sizable poppulation size of slaves, There were both “infidel” and “heathen” slaves. Also there were important slave markets, the slave were distinct in many ways to the slavery practiced things, including law, the labor market, medieval politics, and religion. After a while they started seeing slaves as human beings and not property.
the last topic i think is important is the basic rights a roman in the byzantine empire would have according to the code of Justinian. In this code of roman law it said Foreigners had no rights and, unless protected by some treaty between their state and Rome, they could be seized like owner less pieces of property by any Roman. The Romans did not get to vote or create on there laws the emperor made the laws. Justinian appointed ten commissioners to use the only old laws that were necessary and made new laws himself. so the code of Justinian was the Romans basic rights and before this code the rights always changed but after this code they rarely did. The Romans still did not get to choose there rights thoe, but many people would agree they had decent rights.
Another interesting fact about the byzantine empire is the social movement. could a poor lower man in society become very wealthy. The answer is yes and no. There was extreme mobility between classes in the early half of the third century. so in the earlier half people could move up in the social class. Later on the in the early 4th century the king tried to bind people to their social classes, so they could not move as much.
a thing about social classes in the byzantine empire was is was mostly based off of land and rank in army. The more land you owned the higher class you were. Or the higher rank in the army you were the higher rank you were in social society. So the social levels of society was just based on army and land and wealth. If you were not wealthy or in the army at a decent rank you were considered a lower social level of society.
Then there was slaves in the byzantine empire It i will talk about it in the Western Empire that fell (5th century). There was a sizable poppulation size of slaves, There were both “infidel” and “heathen” slaves. Also there were important slave markets, the slave were distinct in many ways to the slavery practiced things, including law, the labor market, medieval politics, and religion. After a while they started seeing slaves as human beings and not property.
the last topic i think is important is the basic rights a roman in the byzantine empire would have according to the code of Justinian. In this code of roman law it said Foreigners had no rights and, unless protected by some treaty between their state and Rome, they could be seized like owner less pieces of property by any Roman. The Romans did not get to vote or create on there laws the emperor made the laws. Justinian appointed ten commissioners to use the only old laws that were necessary and made new laws himself. so the code of Justinian was the Romans basic rights and before this code the rights always changed but after this code they rarely did. The Romans still did not get to choose there rights thoe, but many people would agree they had decent rights.
Social hierarchy and views of human nature in the Byzantine Empire 0
- What were the different levels of society?
- Was your place in the hierarchy determined by your birth or by your skills? Could people move between different social classes?
- What role, if any, did slavery play in the empire?
- As a citizen of the empire, what rights did you have?