MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02018cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2012038153
003 DLC
005 20131113074130.0
008 121012s2013 njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012038153
020 $a9780691153216 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $amm-----
050 00 $aHQ1147.B98$bH47 2013
082 00 $a305.420939/8618$223
100 1 $aHerrin, Judith.
245 10 $aUnrivalled influence :$bwomen and empire in Byzantium /$cJudith Herrin.
264 1 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2013]
300 $axix, 328 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAbbreviations -- 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.
650 0 $aWomen$zByzantine Empire$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 500-1500.
650 0 $aWomen$zByzantine Empire$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aWomen and religion$zByzantine Empire.
650 0 $aUpper class women$zByzantine Empire.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$xSocial life and customs.