Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium

by Judith Herrin

Book Overview

Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin sheds light on the importance of marriage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691153213
• ISBN13: 9780691153216
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"