Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204
Subtitle: Power, Patronage, and Ideology (Women and Men in History)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd)
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780582303539
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Women's studies; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Byzantine Empire; Greece (Modern); Women's Studies - General; Empresses; History; Leadership in women
Description: "This will be essential reading for anyone studying Byzantine history in this period. It ranges in time from the death of the emperor Basil II in 1025 to the sacking of the city of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusaders in 1204, spanning the rise and fall of the successful Komnenos dynasty. Eleventh-century Byzantine history is unusual in that imperial women were able to wield immense power and in this ground-breaking book Dr. Hill explores why this was possible and equally, why they lost their position of influence a century later." "Although written with the needs of students and the non-specialist reader in mind, the book is sure to be equally welcomed by other scholars working in the field."--Jacket.