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

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

335 pages first pub 2002 (view 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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