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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013

1 online resource (xix, 328 p.)

ISBN 9781400845217 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780691153216 (alk. paper)

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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