Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Acknowledgments. Notes xix
6. 1. Women in Byzantium 1
7. 2. In Search of Byzantine Women: Three Avenues of Approach 12
8. 3. Women and the Faith in Icons in Early Christianity 38
9. 4. Mothers and Daughters in the Medieval Greek World 80
10. 5. “Femina Byzantina”: The Council in Trullo on Women 115
11. 6. Public and Private Forms of Religious Commitment among Byzantine Women 133
12. 7. The Imperial Feminine in Byzantium 161
13. 8. Political Power and Christian Faith in Byzantium: The Case of Irene (Regent 780–90, Emperor 797–802) 194
14. 9. Moving Bones: Evidence of Political Burials from Medieval Constantinople 208
15. 10. The Many Empresses of the Byzantine Court (and All Their Attendants) 219
16. 11. Theophano: Considerations on the Education of a Byzantine Princess 238
17. 12. Toleration and Repression in the Byzantine Family: Gender Problems 261
18. 13. The Icon Corner in Medieval Byzantium 281
19. 14. Marriage: A Fundamental Element of Imperial Statecraft 302
20. Index 321