TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herrin,Judith
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Unrivalled influence: women and empire in Byzantium 
AV  - HQ1147.B98 H47 2013
U1  - 305.420939/8618 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Women
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - History
KW  - Middle Ages, 500-1500
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Women and religion
KW  - Upper class women
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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ER  -