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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Maps 1. Ascetic Women and Religious Life in Early Christianity; Macrina 2. Pilgrimage; Egeria 3. Female Imperial Authority: Empresses of the Theodosian House; Galla Placidia 4. Sinners and Saints: Women at Risk; Mary of Egypt 5. Women and Artistic Patronage; Anicia Juliana 6. The Challenge of Theodora 7. Ordinary Women in the Orbit of Theodore of Sykeon 8. Women's Monasticism; Irene of Chrysobalanton 9. Women in Art: The Byzantine Image of Female Sanctity; Helena 10. Imperial Women and Marriage; Zoe 11. The World of Anna Komnene; Anna's Passionate Voice in the «MDUL»Alexiad«MDNM» 12. Founding Mothers and the Testimony of the Typika; Theodora Synadene 13. Epilogue: The <"Lady of the Mongols" Appendix 1. Genealogy Appendix 2. List of Byzantine Emperors and Empresses Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Women Byzantine Empire, Women History Middle Ages, 500-1500