Bibliograph

Women of Byzantium, Carolyn L. Connor

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Women of Byzantium, Carolyn L. Connor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-390) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women of Byzantium

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

54279813

Responsibility statement

Carolyn L. Connor

Table Of Contents

Ascetic women and religious life in early Christianity : Macrina -- Pilgrimage : Egeria -- Female imperial authority : Empresses of the Theodosian House : Galla Placidia -- Sinners and saints : Women at risk : Mary of Egypt -- Women and artistic patronage : Anicia Juliana -- The challenge of Theodora -- Ordinary women in the orbit of Theodore of Sykeon -- Women's monasticism : Irene of Chrysobalanton -- Women in art : The Byzantine image of female sanctity : Helena -- Imperial women and marriage : Zoe -- The world of Anna Komnene : Anna's passionare voice in the Alexiad -- Founding mothers and the testimony of the Typika : Theodora Synadene -- Epilogue : The "Lady of the Mongols"

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