Nikolaos Oikonomides

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Nikolaos or Nikos Oikonomides (

Byzantine administration
.

Biography

Oikonomides was born in Athens.

He studied in the

Montreal University
, a post he kept until 1989, when he returned to Athens. He died on 31 May 2000 in Athens, and is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Besides the Listes de préséance, his major works include seven volumes of the Archives de l' Athos, a multi-volume work of the documents of the monasteries of Mount Athos began by Paul Lemerle, as well as significant work on study and itemization of the extensive Dumbarton Oaks collection of Byzantine seals. His work there led to the creation of a new scientific journal, the Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, which he edited.

List of major works

  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles, Paris, 1972
  • Fiscalité et exemption fiscale à Byzance (IXe-XIe s.), Athens 1996
  • Social and economic life in Byzantium, Aldershot, 2004
  • Society, Culture and Politics in Byzantium, Aldershot, 2005

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