Название: Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
Автор: Judith Herrin
Издательство: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691117802
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 6,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a purely symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come.
In this exhilarating and highly entertaining account, one of the foremost historians of the medieval period tells the story of how these fascinating women exercised imperial sovereignty with consummate skill and sometimes ruthless tactics. Though they gained access to the all-pervasive authority of the Byzantine ruling dynasty through marriage, all three continued to wear the imperial purple and wield tremendous power as widows.