Women and imperial power in Byzantium 780-1056 : a study of the reigns of Empress Eirene and six later empresses
Women and imperial power in Byzantium 780-1056 : a study of the reigns of Empress Eirene and six later empresses
At different times and for various reasons the Byzantine Empire came under the rule of a woman. This thesis is concerned with a study of seven of those Empresses. It traces the link between the innovation of the role of the Augusta inaugurated by Augustus for Livia and the extension of that role by Eirene and her successors. The thesis reconstructs the histories of the reigns of Eirene, Euphrosyne, Theodora, Zoe, Theophano and of Zoe and her sister Theodora. The circumstances in which they came to acquire and hold supreme power are examined in order to ascertain whether and to what extent the fact that they were women affected their style or policies of their reigns. (D68118/86)
University of Southampton
Wilson, Laurie Jean
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1988
Wilson, Laurie Jean
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Wilson, Laurie Jean
(1988)
Women and imperial power in Byzantium 780-1056 : a study of the reigns of Empress Eirene and six later empresses.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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At different times and for various reasons the Byzantine Empire came under the rule of a woman. This thesis is concerned with a study of seven of those Empresses. It traces the link between the innovation of the role of the Augusta inaugurated by Augustus for Livia and the extension of that role by Eirene and her successors. The thesis reconstructs the histories of the reigns of Eirene, Euphrosyne, Theodora, Zoe, Theophano and of Zoe and her sister Theodora. The circumstances in which they came to acquire and hold supreme power are examined in order to ascertain whether and to what extent the fact that they were women affected their style or policies of their reigns. (D68118/86)
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