Unrivalled Influence Women and Empire in Byzantium

Name: Unrivalled Influence Women and Empire in Byzantium
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ISBN: 9780691153216

ISBN-10: 0691153213

ISBN-13: 9780691153216

Edition: 2013

Authors: Judith Herrin

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Unrivalled Influenceexplores 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. She looks at women's interactions with eunuchs, the in-between gender in Byzantine society, and shows how women defended…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 0.10" wide x 0.10" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Judith Herrin was Stanley J. Seeger Professor of Byzantine History, Princeton University, 1991-1995 and is Director for the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College, London.