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Female founders in Byzantium and beyond

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Authors: Lioba Theis, Metthew Savage, Galina Fingarova, Michael Grünbart, Margaret Mullett

Language: English

Topic: Byzantine Studies and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W634435106

FWCI: 28.3

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Cited by: 132

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