Questions of Gender in Byzantine Society

ISBN-13: 9780367601461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 232 str.

Lynda Garland; Bronwen Neil

Opis

Gender was a key social indicator in Byzantine society, as in many others. While studies of gender in the western medieval period have appeared regularly in the past decade, similar studies of Byzantium have lagged behind. Masculine and feminine roles were not always as clearly defined as in the West, while eunuchs made up a 'third gender' in the i

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Questions of Gender in Byzantine Society

O autorze

Bronwen Neil is Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at the Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia; Lynda Garland is Head of the School of Humanities and Professor of Ancient and Medieval History at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia.