Title Unrivalled influence : women and empire in Byzantium / Judith Herrin

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Women in Byzantium -- In search of Byzantine women : three avenues of approach -- Women and the faith in icons in early Christianity -- Unrivalled influence : mothers and daughters in the medieval Greek world -- "Femina Byzantina" : the council in Trullo on women -- Public and private forms of religious commitment among Byzantine women -- The imperial feminine in Byzantium -- Political power and Christian faith in Byzantium : the case of Irene (regent 780-90, emperor 797-802) -- Moving bones : evidence of political burials from medieval Constantinople -- The many empresses of the Byzantine court (and all their attendants) -- Theophano : considerations on the education of a Byzantine princess -- Toleration and repression in the Byzantine family : gender problems -- The icon corner in medieval Byzantium -- Marriage : a fundamental element of imperial statecraft -- Index Summary Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin sheds light on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Women -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 Women -- Byzantine Empire -- Social conditions Women and religion -- Byzantine Empire Upper class women -- Byzantine Empire SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. HISTORY -- Medieval. Manners and customs Upper class women Women and religion Women -- Middle Ages Women -- Social conditions SUBJECT Byzantine Empire -- Social life and customs Subject Byzantine Empire Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400845217 1400845211 1299139264 9781299139268

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