Byzantine women : varieties of experience 800-1200 / edited by Lynda Garland.
| Other author | Garland, Lynda, 1955- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot [England] ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006. |
| Description | xix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Publications for the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College, London ; 8 Publications (King's College London. Centre for Hellenic Studies) ; 8. ^A563348 |
| Contents | Changing functions of monasteries for women during Byzantine iconoclasm / Judith Herrin -- Kassia the Nun c.810-c.865 : an appreciation / Anna M. Silvas -- Propriety, practicality and pleasure : the parameters of women's dress in Byzantium, A.D. 1000-1200 / Timothy Dawson -- Taxing Sophronia's son-in-law : representations of women in provincial documents / Leonora Neville -- Mary 'of Alania' : woman and empress between two worlds / Lynda Garland & Stephen Rapp -- Middle Byzantine family values and Anna Komnene's Alexiad / Dion C. Smythe -- Women in Byzantine novels of the twelfth century : an interplay between norm and fantasy / Corinne Jouanno -- Street life in Constantinople : women and the carnivalesque / Lynda Garland -- Imperial women and entertainment at the middle Byzantine court / Lynda Garland. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-213) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006016617 |
| ISBN | 075465737X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780754657378 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1147.B98 B98 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |