Mobility and migration were not uncommon in Byzantium as is true for all societies. Yet
scholarship is only beginning to pay attention to these phenomena. This book presents in
English translation a wide array of relevant source texts from ca. 650 to ca. 1450 originally
written in medieval Greek: from administrative records saints' lives and letters by churchmen
to ego-documents by ambassadors and historical narratives by court historians. Each source text
is accompanied by a detailed introduction commentary and further bibliography thus making the
book accessible to both scholars and students and laying the groundwork for future research on
the internal dynamics of Byzantine society.
