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BYZANTINE EMPRESSES

BYZANTINE

EMPRESSES

Women and Power in Byzantium,

AD 527–1204

Lynda Garland

London and New York

First published 1999

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical,

or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including

photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or

retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Garland, Lynda

Byzantine empresses: women and power in Byzantium, AD 527–

1204/Lynda Garland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Empresses—Byzantine Empire—Biography. 2. Byzantine Empire—

History—527–1081. 3. Byzantine Empire—History—1081–1453.

4. Leadership in women—Byzantine Empire—History. I. Title.

DF572.8.E5G37 1999

949.5´0099–dc21

ISBN 0-415-14688-7 (Print Edition)

ISBN 0-203-02481-8 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-14269-1 (Glassbook Format)

98–23383

Garland - Byzantine Empresses.pdf