Byzantine Women and Their World by Ioli Kalavrezou, Alicia Walker, Bissera V. Pentcheva, Angeliki E. Laiou, Elizabeth A. Gittings, Molly Fulghum Heintz
Byzantine Women and Their World

Ioli Kalavrezou, Alicia Walker, Bissera V. Pentcheva, Angeliki E. Laiou, Elizabeth A. Gittings, Molly Fulghum Heintz

335 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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A cursory glance at the Byzantine world would show women as illiterate, excluded from prominent political roles and second class citizens when compared to the positions and power held by men. Aside from the female members of the aristocracy, ordin...

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