Byzantine Gender

by Leonora Neville

Why were virtuous Byzantine women described as manly? Why were boys' bodies thought to be closer in constitution to those of women than adult men? Did Byzantines think eunuchs were men? This lively and personal book explains some key aspects of how people of the Medieval Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) conceived of men and women, masculinity and femininity, and proper behaviour for men and women. By laying bare fundamental ideas about how gender was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641890169
• ISBN13: 9781641890168
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 7.0"