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Overview
Unrivalled Influence brings together Herrin's finest essays on women and gender written throughout the long span of her esteemed career. This volume includes three new essays published here for the very first time and a new general introduction by Herrin. She also provides a concise introduction to each essay that describes how it came to be written and how it fits into her broader views about women and Byzantium.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691153216 |
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| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication date: | 03/11/2013 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations ixIntroduction xiii1.Women in Byzantium 12.In Search of Byzantine Women: Three Avenues of Approach 123.Women and the Faith in Icons in Early Christianity 384.Mothers and Daughters in the Medieval Greek World 805."Femina Byzantina": The Council in Trullo on Women 1156.Public and Private Forms of Religious Commitment among Byzantine Women 1337.The Imperial Feminine in Byzantium 1618.Political Power and Christian Faith in Byzantium: The Case of Irene (Regent 780-90, Emperor 797-802) 1949.Moving Bones: Evidence of Political Burials from Medieval Constantinople 20810.The Many Empresses of the Byzantine Court (and All Their Attendants) 21911.Theophano: Considerations on the Education of a Byzantine Princess 23812.Toleration and Repression in the Byzantine Family: Gender Problems 26113.The Icon Corner in Medieval Byzantium 28114.Marriage: A Fundamental Element of Imperial Statecraft 302Index 321
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"Herrin dissolves the most formidable barrier to any balanced history: the wall between women's history and men's. With an eye for details ignored and grand lines distorted by scholarly myopia, she offers a comprehensive history of Byzantium."—Thomas F. Mathews, author of The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art"Herrin is acutely aware not only of Byzantium's place in the world, but also of its idiosyncrasies, which she illuminates by bringing into play the ecclesiastical sources in a way that few other Byzantine historians have done. Her essays reveal first and foremost her breadth of vision."—Michael Angold, editor of The Cambridge History of Christianity: Eastern Christianity"Tracing her journey across the history of Byzantium, Herrin's elegant essays display her insightful approaches, solid methodology, and vast historical knowledge."—Christine Angelidi, Institute of Historical Research, Athens"Herrin's essays reveal a capacity given to very few historians—the power to present the big picture without ever losing sight of the vital details. Their genesis over the course of her career, and more importantly their bearing on our current intellectual and political situation, illustrate what it means to be a humane and humanistic scholar in the last half century."—Anthony Cutler, author of The Hand of the Master"All of Herrin's essays reveal a distinguished historian with a clear intellectual consciousness."—Antonio Carile, University of Bologna"This wide-ranging collection of studies by one of the foremost medieval historians of this generation opens up new perspectives on Byzantium. The life experience of women and men is re-created with a view from the margins. Women at the court and in private households are restored to agency and the capital of Constantinople is seen from the perspective of the provinces. As a result, Byzantium no longer appears as a monolith steeped in unchanging ritual, but as a dynamic society that developed its own responses to challenges and so ensured its extraordinary longevity."—Claudia Rapp, author of Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity