1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910725989803321

Autore

Fingarova Galina

Titolo

Female founders in Byzantium and beyond / / Galina Fingarova, Matthew Savage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wien : , : Böhlau, , 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte ; ; Band 60/61

Disciplina

274.95

Soggetti

Byzantine Empire Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Female founders -- Das Projekt : Netzerke oder Seilschaften? / Lioba Theis -- Female founders -- Das Konzept : Zu Stiftungshandlungen in der byzantinischen Welt / Michael Grünbart -- Visibility of female founders : the case of Ancient Greece / Marion Meyer -- Male constructions of female identities : authority and power in the Byzantine Greek lives of monastic foundresses /Stavroula Constantinou -- Making a name : reputation and imperial founding and refounding in Constantinople / Liz James -- Asceticism and hospitality as patronage in the Late Antique Holy Land : the example of Paula and Melania the Elder / Marlena Whiting -- Do good in they good pleasure unto Zion : the patronage of Aelia Eudokia in Jerusalem / Konstantin M. Klein -- The image of the Empress Theodora as Patron / Ulrike Unterweger -- Die Stifterinnentätigkeit der Kaiserin Sophia : Impuls für die Gleichberechtigung mit dem Kaiser? / Judith Radlegger -- Female "donors" in eighth-century Egypt / Cornelia Römer -- Patronage in the Patria, matronage and maternity / Eirini Panou -- Deconstructing "donors" in medieval southern Italy / Linda Safran -- The adventures of a provincial female founder : Glykeria and the rhetoric of female weakness / Leonora Neville -- La rhétorique au secours du patrimoine : Psellos, les impériatrices en les monastères / Eric Limousin -- The sebastokratorissa Irene as patron / Elizabeth Jeffreys -- Female church founders : the agency of the village widow in Late Byzantium / Sharon E.J. Gerstel and Sophia Kalopissi-Verti -- Le don de l'église : une affaire de couple? / Tania Kambourova -- Female donors in thirteenth-century



wall paintings in Cappadocia : an overview / Nota Karamaouna -- Auf der Suche nach weiblichem Stiftertum im "Prosopographischen Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit" eine erste Auswertung / Sylvie Herl -- Female patronage in the Palaiologan era : icons, minor arts and manuscripts / Alice-Mary Talbot -- Klostergründungen russischer Fürstinnen im dreizehnten Jahrhundert / Anna Michalowska -- Die Stifterin par excellence : zur Deutung des Stifterbildes in der Marienkirche von Apollonia, Albanien / Galina Fingarova -- Theodora Raoulaina als Stifterin und Patronin / Alexander Riehle -- Women's authority in death : the patronage of aristocratic laywomen in Late Byzantium / Sarah Brooks -- Frauen als Gründerinnen von Doppelklöstern im byzantinischen Reich / Ekaterini Mitsiou -- A late Byzantine patroness : Helena Kantakouzene Palaiologina / Florin Leonte -- Notes on female piety in the hermitages of the Ohrid and Prespa region : the case of Mali Grad / Saška Bogevska -- The Meteora Icon of the Incredulity of Thomas reconsidered / Fani Gargova -- I seek not my own : is there a female mode of charity and patronage? / Dionysios Stathakopoulos -- The epistles of princess Jelena Balšić : an example of female cultural patronage in the late medieval Balkans / Alexandra Vukovich -- Sins of female founders in Late Byzantium and Trebizond / Petras Melichar -- Female founders : in conclusion : the gynamics of foundation / Margaret Mullett.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents the results of a scholarly meeting which focused on the patronage of women in the Byzantine Empire. In their scope, the articles address broadly not only the founding or re-founding of churches and monasteries, but also their rich decoration, as well as numerous smaller donations. In spite of increased attention to gender research in recent years, a comparative treatment of the legal and economic potentiel that women in Byzantium could exercise in order to exert independent influence has been lacking; thus a gender-specific viewpoint for the volume was intentionally chosen.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337670703321

Autore

Hoogeveen Johannes

Titolo

Transforming Education Outcomes in Africa : Learning from Togo / / edited by Johannes Hoogeveen, Mariacristina Rossi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2019

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

9783030127084

3030127087

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 pages)

Classificazione

BUS024000BUS051000BUS069000BUS092000EDU034000

Disciplina

370.96

370.96681

Soggetti

Education - Economic aspects

Education and state

Africa - Economic conditions

Finance, Public

Development economics

Education Economics

Educational Policy and Politics

African Economics

Public Economics

Development Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Learning in Sub-Sahara Africa -- Chapter 2: Primary Education in Togo -- Chapter 3: Drivers of Performance -- Chapter 4: Student Learning -- Chapter 5: Policy Suggestions and Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

Good education changes lives. It is therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a central part in most development strategies. At the same time, the expansion of school attainment alone is not sufficient to guarantee improved welfare. This open access book focuses on one country in West Africa, Togo, to explore what a country



that has successfully increased enrollment rates can do to enhance learning outcomes. The authors explore different avenues for improvement, including enhancing the efficiency with which resources are used; increasing the qualifications of teachers; and through greater community involvement in school management. There is scope for improvement along all these dimensions, yet changes at the margin are insufficient to bring about the transformation needed to bring about acceptable levels of learning. Important reading for anyone interested in understanding the pathways to improving the education system in Togo and other developing countries. Except where otherwise noted, this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/.