Medievalists.net » Empress Zoe http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Sex and Political Legitimacy: an Examination of Byzantine Empresses (399 -1056 c.e.) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/sex-and-political-legitimacy-an-examination-of-byzantine-empresses-399-1056-c-e/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/sex-and-political-legitimacy-an-examination-of-byzantine-empresses-399-1056-c-e/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:18:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36445 The intent of this paper was to examine another aspect of the life of Byzantine Empresses: their ability to assert political power.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/sex-and-political-legitimacy-an-examination-of-byzantine-empresses-399-1056-c-e/feed/ 0 Fama et Memoria: Portraits of Female Patrons in Mosaic Pavements of Churches in Byzantine Palestine and Arabia http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/02/fama-et-memoria-portraits-of-female-patrons-in-mosaic-pavements-of-churches-in-byzantine-palestine-and-arabia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/02/fama-et-memoria-portraits-of-female-patrons-in-mosaic-pavements-of-churches-in-byzantine-palestine-and-arabia/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:39:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24840 Fama et Memoria: Portraits of Female Patrons in Mosaic Pavements of Churches in ByzantinePalestine and Arabia Britt, Karen C. Medieval Feminist Forum, 44, no. 2 (2008) Abstract When we think of portraits that memorialize the contributions of female donors to the construction and adornment of Byzantine churches, or to support their liturgical functions, the images that […]

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