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Nikolaos orNikos Oikonomides (Greek:Νικόλαος Οικονομίδης, 14 February 1934 – 31 May 2000) was aGreekByzantinist, and one of the leading experts in the field ofByzantine administration.
Oikonomides was born inAthens.
He studied in theUniversity of Athens from 1951 to 1956, under the tutelage of ByzantinistDionysios Zakythinos. After obtaining his degree, in 1958 he went toParis to pursue doctoral studies underPaul Lemerle. His studies in Paris also introduced him tosigillography, and led to the discovery of the so-calledEscorial Taktikon orTaktikon Oikonomides. The outcome of his work onEscorial Taktikon and the otherTaktika (seating lists in Byzantine imperial banquets) was published in 1972, as theLes listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècle, containing a translation and commentary on theTaktika. Oikonomides returned to Greece, but the establishment of the dictatorialRegime of the Colonels in 1967 forced him to go to exile in Canada along with his wife, the OttomanistElizabeth Zachariadou. In July 1969, he accepted the chair of Byzantine history atMontreal 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 theListes de préséance, his major works include seven volumes of theArchives de l' Athos, a multi-volume work of the documents of the monasteries ofMount Athos began by Paul Lemerle, as well as significant work on study and itemization of the extensiveDumbarton Oaks collection of Byzantine seals. His work there led to the creation of a new scientific journal, theStudies in Byzantine Sigillography, which he edited.
