Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium

by JudithHerrin (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2013

  $57.20

  Explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, this title focuses on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters.