Description du projet DEENESFRITPL Esclavage domestique et exploitation sexuelle Les personnes non libres dans le contexte des mondes tardif et post-romain étaient particulièrement vulnérables à la violence et à l’exploitation. Dans ce contexte, le projet DOMSLAVE, financé par le CER, étudiera les motivations et les justifications de l’exploitation sexuelle des esclaves domestiques. Pour améliorer notre compréhension de l’esclavage et de la société au sens large du IVe au IXe siècle, le projet étudiera également comment l’expérience vécue dans le ménage a façonné le contenu de nos sources historiques. Plus précisément, le projet étudiera comment un héritage romain commun a influencé les pratiques ultérieures et expliquera les similitudes et les différences constatées au sein des communautés musulmanes, chrétiennes et juives de la région. Afficher les objectifs du projet Masquer les objectifs du projet Objectif The sexual exploitation of the unfree within the households of the late- and post-Roman world profoundly affected wider society in ways that necessitate a large-scale, multi-contextual collaborative investigation.During this transformative period, Christianity established itself as the defining institution of the Latin West and Greek East; complex Islamicate societies emerged in the Near East, North Africa, and Spain; and Jewish communities developed a unique network across the region. As dynamic forces swept across these diverse societies and overturned longstanding customs, beliefs, and practices, the household stood firm as the fundamental unit of social organisation – a microcosm in which identities (male/female, slave/free, adult/child, local/foreign) were formed and reinforced.Unfree people living in these domestic contexts were particularly vulnerable to violence and exploitation. Neither was this incidental to their condition. The shame associated with their sexual use at the hands of those who held power over them helped maintain the institution of domestic slavery and stabilise wider social hierarchies during an era of headlong change, though in ways that are only poorly understood.This research project will reconstruct the motivations and justifications behind the sexual exploitation of domestic slaves, identify how the lived experience in the household shaped the content of our sources, reveal how a common Roman inheritance impacted later practices, and explain the similarities and differences found within Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities across the region. By approaching the sexual exploitation of slaves as a social practice with its own particular logic and rationale, and by analysing the whole of the greater Mediterranean world as a single, interconnected cultural zone, this project will overcome divides in scholarship to dramatically advance our understanding of slavery and wider society from the 4th to 9th centuries. Champ scientifique lettreshistoire et archéologiehistoirehistoire anciennesciences socialesdroitdroits de l'hommeviolations des droits de l’hommetraite des êtres humains Mots‑clés Late Antiquity Premodern Slavery Sexual Exploitation Early Medieval Europe Byzantine Empire Medieval Islam Medieval Judaism Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Thème(s) ERC-2020-COG - ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS Appel à propositions ERC-2020-COG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Coordinateur UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 994 231,00 Adresse University road LE1 7RH Leicester Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Région East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Autres sources de financement € 0,00 Bénéficiaires (1) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution nette de l'UE Tout développer Tout réduire UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Royaume-Uni Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 994 231,00 Adresse University road LE1 7RH Leicester Voir sur la carte Région East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Autres sources de financement € 0,00
