In Mulieres suadentes - Persuasive Women, Martin Homza scrutinises the genesis of ruler ideology among the most prominent East Central and Eastern European dynasties from the early and later Middle Ages. At the center of attention are the P emyslids, the Piasts, the Rurikids, and the Arpads, but also the main dynasties of the Balkans, namely the Trpimirovi and the Nemanji dynasties, as well as the House of Bogdan, and the Moldova dynasty of the Mu atins. Unlike previous work, which has focused on narrative sources of male ruler hagiography, Homza studies texts concerning female royal...