Unrivalled Influence - Women and Empire in Byzantium

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Judith Herrin

Summary

Unrivalled Influence explores 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. Draw

Product details

• Authors: Judith Herrin, Herrin Judith
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2015
• EAN: 9780691166704
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16670-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire