State and society in middle and late Silla / edited by Richard D. McBride II.

Includes bibliographical references.

The constitution of the ruling elite in middle and late Silla /  Jeon Deog-jae --  Village society and the system of local governance in the unified Silla period : based on analysis of the Silla village documents /  Yoon Seon Tae --  Buddhism and the state in middle and late Silla /  Kim Sang-hyun --  Dynastic crisis and the ruling strata in Silla in the eighth and ninth centuries : political administration and bureaucracy /  Ha Il Sik --  Political and social factors in the fall of Silla /  Lee Kidong.

The present volume addresses several seminal questions associated with the middle and late periods of the Silla kingdom (ca. 668{u2013}935): What was the composition of Silla{u2019}s ruling elite? How did the state administer local areas? What was the relationship between the Buddhist church and the state? How did the government evolve over the course of the middle and late periods of Silla's rule? And what were the causes of Silla's demise?