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Record Nr.

UNISA996247941603316

Autore

Holum Kenneth G.

Titolo

Theodosian Empresses : Women and Imperial Dominion in Late Antiquity / / Kenneth G. Holum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1989]

©1989

ISBN

1-282-35562-7

9786612355622

0-520-90970-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 258 p.)

Collana

Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; ; 3

Disciplina

937.090922

Soggetti

Empresses - Rome

Nobility - Rome

HISTORY / Ancient / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Theodosius the Great and His Women -- Chapter Two. Aelia Eudoxia Augusta -- Chapter Three. Aelia Pulcheria Augusta -- Chapter Four. Aelia Eudocia Augusta -- Chapter Five. The Controversy Over the Mother of God -- Chapter Six. Two Empresses Who Refused to Be One -- Chapter Seven. From Dominion to Sainthood -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Theodosian Empresses sets a series of compelling women on the stage of history and offers new insights into the eastern court in the fifth century.