Byzantine women and their world
Title:
Byzantine women and their world
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Ioli Kalavrezou ; with contributions by Angeliki E. Laiou ... [and others].
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Art Museums ; New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2003.
Physical Description:
335 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780300096989
9781891771286
General Note:
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, on view October 25, 2002-April 28, 2003"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-326) and index.
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Contents:
Women in the visual record of Byzantium / Ioli Kalavrezou -- Women in the history of Byzantium / Angeliki E. Laiou -- Civic life: women as embodiments of civic life / Elizabeth A. Gittings -- Elite women: dignity, power, and piety / Elizabeth A. Gittings -- Public devotion: the Virgin of Constantinople; power and belief / Bisserra V. Pentcheva -- Work: the art and craft of earning a living / Molly Fulghum Heintz -- Home: a space "rich in blessing" / Alicia Walker -- Marriage: wife and husband; " a golden team" / Alicia Walker -- Adornment: enhancing the body, neglecting the soul? / Alicia Walker -- Health: magic, medicine, and prayer / Molly Fulghum Heintz.