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Byzantine Gender / Leonora Neville.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Past ImperfectPublisher: Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (106 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781641890168
  • 9781641890175
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 949.5
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Byzantine" People: Powerful Women and Wimpy Men -- Chapter 2. Medieval Roman Anthropology -- Chapter 3. Gender and Virtue -- Chapter 4. How Did Medieval Roman Women Get So Much Done? -- Chapter 5. Masculinity and Military Strength -- Chapter 6. Change Over Time -- Conclusion -- Further Reading
Summary: Why were virtuous Byzantine women described as manly? Why were boys' bodies thought to be closer in constitution to those of women than adult men? Did Byzantines think eunuchs were men?  This lively and personal book explains some key aspects of how people of the Medieval Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) conceived of men and women, masculinity and femininity, and proper behaviour for men and women. By laying bare fundamental ideas about how gender was defined and performed, Byzantine Gender enables readers to understand Byzantine society more fully. And by providing background information about Byzantine gender, it makes it easier to approach and appreciate the fascinating otherness of Byzantine culture.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781641890175

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Byzantine" People: Powerful Women and Wimpy Men -- Chapter 2. Medieval Roman Anthropology -- Chapter 3. Gender and Virtue -- Chapter 4. How Did Medieval Roman Women Get So Much Done? -- Chapter 5. Masculinity and Military Strength -- Chapter 6. Change Over Time -- Conclusion -- Further Reading

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Why were virtuous Byzantine women described as manly? Why were boys' bodies thought to be closer in constitution to those of women than adult men? Did Byzantines think eunuchs were men?  This lively and personal book explains some key aspects of how people of the Medieval Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) conceived of men and women, masculinity and femininity, and proper behaviour for men and women. By laying bare fundamental ideas about how gender was defined and performed, Byzantine Gender enables readers to understand Byzantine society more fully. And by providing background information about Byzantine gender, it makes it easier to approach and appreciate the fascinating otherness of Byzantine culture.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)