Barbara Hill

Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204 (eBook, ePUB)

Power, Patronage and Ideology

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317884651
• Artikelnr.: 41067083

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.