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- catalog abstract ""Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. It presents and analyses the available historical data in order to outline what these empresses did, what the sources thought they did, and what they wanted to do." "Lynda Garland examines the immense contribution of these women to Byzantine civilisation, which despite stereotypical criticisms in the sources based on the paradoxical combination of women and imperial power was entirely recognised and validated." "The well-illustrated Byzantine Empresses makes accessible the historical data of the period to provide a stimulating analysis of the contribution of Byzantine women to the empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Women and power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204".
- catalog contributor b11203317.
- catalog coverage "Byzantine Empire History 1081-1453.".
- catalog coverage "Byzantine Empire History 527-1081.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. It presents and analyses the available historical data in order to outline what these empresses did, what the sources thought they did, and what they wanted to do." "Lynda Garland examines the immense contribution of these women to Byzantine civilisation, which despite stereotypical criticisms in the sources based on the paradoxical combination of women and imperial power was entirely recognised and validated." "The well-illustrated Byzantine Empresses makes accessible the historical data of the period to provide a stimulating analysis of the contribution of Byzantine women to the empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-318) and index.".
- catalog description "Map of Constantinople -- pt. I. From stage to statecraft. 1. Theodora, wife of Justinian (527-48). 2. Sophia (565-601+) -- pt. II. Regents and regicides. 3. Martina (?615/16-41). 4. Irene (769-802). 5. Theodora, restorer of orthodoxy (830-67+). 6. The wives of Leo VI (886-919). 7. Theophano (c. 955-76+). 8. Zoe Porphyrogenneta (1028-50) -- pt. III. Empresses as autocrats. 9. Theodora, the last Macedonian (1042-56). 10. Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1059-78+). 11. The empresses of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118). 12. Maria of Antioch (1161-82/3). 13. Euphrosyne Doukaina (1195-1203).".
- catalog extent "xix, 343 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415146887".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Byzantine Empire History 1081-1453.".
- catalog spatial "Byzantine Empire History 527-1081.".
- catalog spatial "Byzantine Empire".
- catalog subject "949.5/0099 21".
- catalog subject "DF572.8.E5 G37 1999".
- catalog subject "Empresses Byzantine Empire Biography.".
- catalog subject "Leadership in women Byzantine Empire History.".
- catalog subject "Portraits, Byzantine.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Map of Constantinople -- pt. I. From stage to statecraft. 1. Theodora, wife of Justinian (527-48). 2. Sophia (565-601+) -- pt. II. Regents and regicides. 3. Martina (?615/16-41). 4. Irene (769-802). 5. Theodora, restorer of orthodoxy (830-67+). 6. The wives of Leo VI (886-919). 7. Theophano (c. 955-76+). 8. Zoe Porphyrogenneta (1028-50) -- pt. III. Empresses as autocrats. 9. Theodora, the last Macedonian (1042-56). 10. Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1059-78+). 11. The empresses of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118). 12. Maria of Antioch (1161-82/3). 13. Euphrosyne Doukaina (1195-1203).".
- catalog title "Byzantine empresses : women and power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204 / Lynda Garland.".
- catalog title "Women and power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".