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Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Lynda Garland
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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This volume brings together a group of international scholars in new explorations of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of th
Women of Byzantium
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Carolyn Loessel Connor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher:

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Women played key roles in Byzantine society: some ruled or co-ruled the empire, and others commissioned art and buildings, went on pilgrimages, and wrote. This
Women in Purple
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Judith Herrin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-25 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses—Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora—changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration
Byzantine Empresses
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Lynda Garland
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-04 - Publisher: Routledge

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Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. It
Unrivalled Influence
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Judith Herrin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-11 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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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 t