Barbara Hill

Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204

Power, Patronage and Ideology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A consideration of the role of the imperial women of Byzantium in the period of the Crusades, Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204 addresses the important question of why women were able to wield immense power during the 11th century, yet lost their position of influence a century later.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781138153875
• ISBN-10: 1138153877
• Artikelnr.: 69945490

Autorenporträt

Barbara Hill

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction. 2. The Role of Women in Eleventh-Century Politics. 3.
Creating the Ideal Komnenian Woman. 4. Titles for Imperial Women. 5. The
Method of Marriage. 6. Power through Patronage. 7. A Woman's Ideology
8. The Collapse of the Komnenian System. 9. Conclusion. Bibliography.
Genealogical Tables. Index.