Achilles Tatius
Ancient Novels
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Anna Dalassene
Anna Komnene
Anna Komnene Alexiad
Anna M. Silvas
Basil II
Byzantine Humour
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Byzantine Novels
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Constantine IX Monomachos
Constantine Monomachos
Constantine Porphyrogennetos
Constantinople society
Corinne Jouanno
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Dion C. Smythe
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Eudokia Makrembolitissa
historical female agency
Holy Man
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Irene Doukaina
Isaac Komnenos
Iviron Monastery
John II Komnenos
Judith Herrin
Kassia Anna Komnene
King Bagrat
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Leo III
Leonora Neville
Madrid Skylitzes
medieval gender studies
Michael VII
monastic life women
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Nikephoros Bryennios
non-imperial women social roles
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Ptochoprodromic Poems
Stephen Rapp
Studite Monks
Timothy Dawson
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754657378
- Weight: 620g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume brings together a group of international scholars, who explore many unusual aspects of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of this collection is to investigate the participation of women - non-imperial women in particular - in supposedly 'masculine' fields of operation. This new research across a range of disciplines attempts to provide an analysis of the activities of and attitudes towards Byzantine women in this period. Using evidence from sources as diverse as tax registers, monastic foundation documents, twelfth-century novels, historical texts, art history and the writings of women themselves, such as the hymnographer Kassia and the historian Anna Komnene, these papers elucidate the context in which Byzantine women lived. They emphasize the variety of female experiences, the circumstances that shaped women's lives, and the ways in which individual women were perceived by their society. Contributions focus on women's dress, their participation in the street life of Constantinople, their appearance in Byzantine fiscal documents, their monastic foundations, their engagement with entertainment at the imperial court, and the way heroines are portrayed in the Byzantine novels. Analysis of the writings of the hymnographer Kassia, the networking of Mary 'of Alania' and the ways she overcame the disadvantages of being a foreign-born empress, and the family values reflected in Anna Komnene's Alexiad, draw attention to specific problems. All these aim to expand our understanding of the circumstances that shaped women's lives and expectations in the Middle Byzantine period and to analyze the range of women's experiences, the roles they played and the impact they made on society.
Lynda Garland is an Associate Professor in the School of Classics, History and Religion at The University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
