Women of Byzantium - Brossura

Connor, Carolyn L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0300186460 ISBN 13: 9780300186468

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

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 engrossing book draws on evidence ranging from pictorial mosaics and inscriptions on the walls of churches to women’s poetry and histories, examining for the first time the lives, occupations, beliefs, and social roles of Byzantine women.
In each chapter Carolyn L. Connor introduces us to a single woman—from the elite to the ordinary—and uses her as a springboard to discuss Byzantine society. Frequently quoting from contemporary accounts, Connor reveals what these women thought of themselves and their lives and how they remembered the lives of women who had lived earlier.
Informative, sympathetic, and engagingly written, this book is a window into Byzantine culture and women’s history that has never before been opened.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0300186460
• ISBN 13: 9780300186468
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 396