The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250–1500 - Hardcover

Nicol, Donald M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521455316 ISBN 13: 9780521455312

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

This is a lively collection of ten biographies of aristocratic ladies of the Byzantine empire in its final years. The stories of their lives offer a new perspective on the Byzantine empire, and a fascinating insight into the lives of women in past times.

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Críticas:

'... highly readable.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

'... construct[s] in vivid detail the history of the Paelaeologan epoch'. Anglo-Hellenic Review

Reseña del editor:

What kind of lives did women in the Byzantine empire lead? Just how subservient were they in so male-dominated a society? In this collection of biographies Donald M. Nicol uncovers the unexpected fact that in the later years of the empire, at least, some aristocratic women enjoyed influence and exercised initiative. The ten ladies whose lives are described here did not complain of male oppression: instead, despite the conventions of caste and court, they found an outlet for their talents in religion, patronage, friendship and scholarship. They left a lasting influence on the society in which they lived. The story of their achievements offers new perspectives on the Byzantine empire, and a fascinating insight into the lives of women in past times.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521455316
• ISBN 13: 9780521455312
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 153