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Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
Judith Herrin
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Description for Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
Paperback. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses - Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora - changed history. Their efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. This book shows how these women exercised imperial sovereignty. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 color illus. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a purely symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. In this exhilarating and highly entertaining account, one of the foremost historians of the medieval period tells the story of how these fascinating women exercised imperial sovereignty with consummate skill and sometimes ruthless tactics. Though they gained access to the all-pervasive authority of the Byzantine ruling dynasty through marriage, all three continued to wear the imperial purple and wield tremendous power as ... Read more
In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a purely symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. In this exhilarating and highly entertaining account, one of the foremost historians of the medieval period tells the story of how these fascinating women exercised imperial sovereignty with consummate skill and sometimes ruthless tactics. Though they gained access to the all-pervasive authority of the Byzantine ruling dynasty through marriage, all three continued to wear the imperial purple and wield tremendous power as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691117805
SKU
V9780691117805
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About Judith Herrin
Judith Herrin is Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies and Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London. Her books include "The Formation of Christendom" (Princeton) and "A Medieval Miscellany: The Medieval World in Its Own Words".
Reviews for Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
Judith Herrin, Winner of the 2016 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences "[Herrin] has succeeded in writing a scholarly study [that] opens up a new perspective on a vital period of Byzantine history, [and] one that is eminently accessible to a wider public. It is also superbly illustrated."
Michael Angold, Times Literary Supplement "A work of ... Read more
Michael Angold, Times Literary Supplement "A work of ... Read more