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Auteur(s) : Herrin, Judith (1942-....)
Titre(s) : Unrivalled influence [Texte imprimé] : women and empire in Byzantium / Judith Herrin
Publication : Princeton (N. J.) : Princeton University Press, copyright [2013]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xix, 328 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political
life of medieval Byzantium. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, this title focuses
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
Sujet(s) : Femmes -- Conditions sociales -- Empire byzantin
Femmes du monde -- Empire byzantin
Femmes et Église orthodoxe -- Empire byzantin
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691153216. - ISBN 0691153213. - ISBN 9780691166704. - ISBN 0691166706
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470550282
Notice n° :
FRBNF47055028
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.