Between Byzantine Men: Desire, Homosociality, and Brotherhood in the Medieval Empire

ISBN-13: 9780815353829 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 220 str.

Mark Masterson

Opis

This book foregrounds desire between men in and around the imperial court of the 900s.

Spis treści

Introduction / Chapter One: Eroticism and Desire in Epistolography / Chapter Two: Histories of Masculine Beauty and Desire: The Case of Emperor Basil I / Chapter Three: Framing the Brotherhoods of Emperor Basil I / Appendix of Prayers / Chapter Four: Revisiting the Bachelorhood of Emperor Basil II / Conclusion

O autorze

Mark Masterson is Associate Professor of Classics at Te Herenga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of　Man to Man: Desire, Homosociality and Authority in Late-Roman Manhood　(2014), as well as a number of articles and book chapters on sexuality and masculinity. He is also one of editors of the collection,　Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World　(2015).