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Oct 27, 2015 · The rationale behind such laws was the supposed mental weakness of women: it had been Eve who had first succumbed to temptation in the Garden of Eden and all her female descendants were believed to share that frailty.
The historian Ioili Kalavrezou provides a more positive description of the lives of Byzantine women. Several authors today assume that Byzantine women enjoyed significantly more privileges in comparison to women in Western Europe and the Islamic world.
Nov 20, 2020 · Western Europeans have perceived Byzantium in various and changing ways, yet two themes are dominant and consistent: the Byzantine Empire was filled with effeminate men and powerful women. Odd gender, by western European standards, lies at the heart of what makes the Eastern Empire seem queer.
May 6, 2024 · Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453.
By investigating the imperial household in late Byzantium, specifically in the early Palaiologan period (ca.1260-1350), this article examines how late-Byzantine imperial women were separated from the male court in terms of private space, ceremonial and social spheres.
- Frouke Schrijver
- 2018
Covering the role of imperial women in the period of the Crusades, this text explores why they were able to wield immense power during the 11th century and yet lost their position of influence a century later. It looks at various themes including kinship and the use of marriage alliances.
The Byzantines perceived the body as malleable, able to be changed to suit the needs of society. They also believed that the appearance of the outer body reflected the quality of the inner person's soul. As a result, bodily appearance became an important marker for gender, class, and moral worth.
