02386nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10658391 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 121012s2013 nju sb 001 0 eng d 2012038153 9780691153216 (alk. paper) 9781400845217 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)828424280 mm----- HQ1147.B98 H47 2013eb 305.420939/8618 23 Herrin, Judith. Unrivalled influence [electronic resource] : women and empire in Byzantium / Judith Herrin. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013. xix, 328 p. 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Women Byzantine Empire History Middle Ages, 500-1500. Women Byzantine Empire Social conditions. Women and religion Byzantine Empire. Upper class women Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire Social life and customs. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10658391 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 65347 65347