TY - BOOK ID - 17983969 TI - Empresses and power in early Byzantium PY - 2001 SN - 0718500768 9780718500764 PB - London New York Leicester University Press DB - UniCat KW - Empresses KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - History KW - Impératrices KW - Femmes KW - Activité politique KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Empire byzantin KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - To 527 KW - 527-1081 KW - Women in politics KW - Empresses - Byzantine Empire - Political activity. KW - Women in politics - Byzantine Empire - History. KW - Byzantine Empire - Politics and government - To 527. KW - Political activity. KW - Monarchy KW - Queens KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17983969 AB - "This book covers the fourth to the eighth centuries AD, a period of transition from the pagan Roman world to the Christian Byzantine Empire - the move from a classical to a medieval world. It begins with Helena, mother of the first Christian emperor, Constantine the Great, and ends with Eirene, the only woman to rule as emperor in Byzantium. Rather than providing an extensive biography of each empress, the author seeks to analyse the nature of female imperial power during this time. What rights and responsibilities, what access to power, if any, did this office carry?" "It is apparent that the role of women in Byzantium is both more complex and more powerful than has previously been allowed for. This book aims to explore these complexities."--Jacket. ER -