Women in purple
Subtitle: rulers of medieval Byzantium
By: Judith Herrin.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Irene, -- Empress of the East, -- 752?-803; Euphrosyne, -- Empress of the East; Theodora, -- Empress of the East, -- 815?-868?; Empresses -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography; Byzantine Empire -- History -- Irene, 797-802; Byzantine Empire -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Constantinople and the world of Byzantium; title: Irene : the unknown empress from Athens
pagenum: 51-129; title: Euphrosyne : a princess born in the purple; title: Theodora : the Paphlagonian bride; title: Conclusion.