Herrin, Judith.

Unrivalled influence women and empire in Byzantium / [electronic resource] : Judith Herrin. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013. - xix, 328 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781400845217 (electronic bk.)




Women--History--Byzantine Empire--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Women--Social conditions.--Byzantine Empire
Women and religion--Byzantine Empire.
Upper class women--Byzantine Empire.


Byzantine Empire--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

HQ1147.B98 / H47 2013

305.420939/8618