Unrivalled influence : women and empire in Byzantium /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Herrin, Judith.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Description:	xix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500. Women -- Byzantine Empire -- Social conditions. Women and religion -- Byzantine Empire. Upper class women -- Byzantine Empire. Manners and customs. Upper class women. Women and religion. Women -- Middle Ages. Women -- Social conditions. Byzantine Empire -- Social life and customs. Byzantine Empire. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9047148

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ISBN:	9780691153216 (alk. paper) 0691153213 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of 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.

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