Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 44810
Author(s): Hernando del Pulgar, , and Theophanes the Confessor,
Contributor(s):
Title : Women in Power [a. Empress Irene, b. and c. Sitt al-Mulk, d and e. Isabel I]

Source: Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650–1650. Edited by Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos and Mark D. Meyerson . University of California Press, 2022. Pages 210 - 213.
Year of Publication: 2022.

2. Record Number: 44152
Author(s): Eudocia, Empress, Wife of Theodosius II, Emperor of the East, ,
Contributor(s): Sowers, Brian P., trans.
Title : Martyrdom of Cyprian

Source: In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia. Brian P. Sowers . Center for Hellenic Studies, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2020. Pages 131 - 156.
Year of Publication: 2020.

3. Record Number: 43260
Author(s): Brachmann, Christoph
Contributor(s):
Title : Love and Resurrection: The Luxembourg Dynasty's Funeral Garments at St Vitus Cathedral in Prague

Source: Arrayed in Splendour: Art, Fashion, and Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Edited by Christoph Brachmann . Brepols, 2019. Pages 59 - 93.
Year of Publication: 2019.

4. Record Number: 36623
Author(s): Pietro da Eboli, ,
Contributor(s): Hood, Gwenyth, trans.
Title : Book in Honor of Augustus

Source: Book in Honor of Augustus (Liber ad Honorem Augusti). Pietro da Eboli Edited by Gwenyth Hood Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 398. ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies), 2012. Pages 73 - 361.
Year of Publication: 2012.

5. Record Number: 27572
Author(s): Boeck, Elena N.
Contributor(s):
Title : "The great and much slandered empress": Staging Theodora in 19th century Paris

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009): Pages 23 - 24.
Year of Publication: 2009.

6. Record Number: 11749
Author(s): Rousseau, Vanessa.
Contributor(s):
Title : Emblem of an Empire: The Development of the Byzantine Empress's Crown [The author traces influences from Persia and Central Asia as well as Classical practices. Frequently the crown of a Byzantine empress was more complicated that that of an emperor. In the case of Theodora, she is portrayed as wearing a heavily jewelled crown atop a turban. The crown has long jewelled pendants on each side that extend almost to her waist. The crowns of empresses frequently bear witness to the fusion of Eastern with Mediterranean customs and sensibilities. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Al-Masåq , 16., 1 (March 2004): Pages 5 - 15.
Year of Publication: 2004.

7. Record Number: 10816
Author(s): Raffensperger, Christian.
Contributor(s):
Title : Evpraksia Vsevolodovna between East and West [Eupraxia, daughter of the Grand Prince of Kiev, was married to the German rulers, though both alliances were short-lived. Raffensperger argues that her life illustrates the European connections that Russian princes maintained at this time through dynastic marriages. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Russian History , 30., 40180 (Spring-Summer 2003): Pages 23 - 34.
Year of Publication: 2003.

8. Record Number: 10747
Author(s): Kornbluth, Genevra.
Contributor(s):
Title : Richildis and Her Seal: Carolingian Self-Reference and the Imagery of Power [The author explores women's use of seals during the Carolingian era. Kornbluth focuses on the drawing of a seal (now lost) engraved with the name "Richilde." She suggests that it may have belonged to the empress married to Charles the Bald and may represent the Greek mythological figure Omphale, the Lydian queen with whom Hercules fell in love. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Saints, Sinners, and Sisters: Gender and Northern Art in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Jane L. Carroll and Alison G. Stewart . Ashgate, 2003. Russian History , 30., 40180 (Spring-Summer 2003): Pages 161 - 181.
Year of Publication: 2003.

9. Record Number: 15867
Author(s): Deliyannis, Deborah Mauskopf.
Contributor(s):
Title : Bury me in Ravenna? Appropriating Galla Placidia's Body in the Middle Ages [The author argues that twelfth and thirteenth century writers in Ravenna emphasized the importance of Empress Galla Placidia and her supposed burial site. In so doing they sought to glorify the city's importance during troubled political times. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Studi Medievali , 42., 1 (Giugno 2001): Pages 289 - 299.
Year of Publication: 2001.

10. Record Number: 5887
Author(s): Papanastasiou, Areti.
Contributor(s):
Title : Saint Eudokia the Empress [The author argues that the tenth century plaque of Eudokia in the Camii church represents not Eudokia Baiane, wife of Leo VI, but Fabia Eudokia (died 612 C.E.), wife of Herakleios].

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 27., ( 2001): Pages 24
Year of Publication: 2001.

11. Record Number: 5890
Author(s): Niyogi, Ruma.
Contributor(s):
Title : Gender, Politics, and Imperial Legitimation in Byzantium, 1028-1057 [The author examines the role of Zoe and Theodora as political legitimators].

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 27., ( 2001): Pages 33
Year of Publication: 2001.

12. Record Number: 5888
Author(s): Kotsis, Kriszta.
Contributor(s):
Title : Images of Theodora, Guardian of the Faith [The author considers the representations of Empress Theodora (empress, 842-856 C. E.) on coins and seals and as a saint].

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 27., ( 2001): Pages 25
Year of Publication: 2001.

13. Record Number: 6307
Author(s): Todt, Klaus-Peter.
Contributor(s):
Title : Die Frau als Selbstherrscher: Kaiserin Theodora. Die letzte Angehörige der makedonischen Dynastie

Source: Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik , 50., ( 2000): Pages 139 - 171.
Year of Publication: 2000.

14. Record Number: 6464
Author(s): Lobrichon, Guy.
Contributor(s):
Title : Adélaïde de Bourgogne (999-1999), Auxerre, 10-11 décembre 1999 [The author reflects on the life of Empress Adelaide, her afterlife as a saint, and the multiple aspects of her life presented at the conference held in Auxerre].

Source: Revue Mabillon: Nouvelle Série , 11., 72 ( 2000): Pages 299 - 301.
Year of Publication: 2000.

15. Record Number: 6711
Author(s): Nardi, Eva.
Contributor(s):
Title : Donne a Bisanzio: Nuove prospettive storiografiche [for several decades, only the most powerful of Byzantine women were discussed by scholars; the contemporary emphasis on women's history shifted attention to legal norms affecting women; attention also is given to gender roles, including the presence of eunuchs; empresses still are the most studied because of the bias of the surviving sources].

Source: Quaderni Medievali , 49., (giugno 2000): Pages 44 - 61.
Year of Publication: 2000.

16. Record Number: 4497
Author(s): Reinsch, Diether R.
Contributor(s):
Title : Women's Literature in Byzantium? The Case of Anna Komnene [The author examines Anna's portrayal of powerful women who were actively involved in politics (Anna Dalassena, Irene Doukaina, Maria of Alania, and Anna Komnena herself)].

Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.

17. Record Number: 4748
Author(s): Herrin, Judith
Contributor(s):
Title : The Imperial Feminine in Byzantium [the author argues that Byzantine tradition provided for occasions when empresses had to assume power; this did not challenge the patriarchal order nor did it establish a fixed role for empresses; however, empresses had three sure resources (role as imperial hostess, mother of the emperor's heir, and power over the quarters, staff, and treasury of the empress) which allowed them to take an often active role in politics].

Source: Past and Present , 169., (November 2000): Pages 3 - 35. Reproduced in Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium. By Judith Herrin. Princeton University Press, 2013. Pages 161-193.
Year of Publication: 2000.

18. Record Number: 5355
Author(s): Kotsis, Kriszta.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Gold Coinage of Irene from Constantinople (797-802)

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 26., ( 2000): Pages 30 - 31.
Year of Publication: 2000.

19. Record Number: 5353
Author(s): Vinson, M. P.
Contributor(s):
Title : Sexual Slander in Byzantium [The author examines the uses of sexual slander in politics; often the virginity of the empress was called into question as well as the emperor's choice of wife].

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 25., ( 1999): Pages 102 - 103.
Year of Publication: 1999.

20. Record Number: 6288
Author(s): Weinfurter, Stefan.
Contributor(s):
Title : Kaiserin Adelheid und das ottonische Kaisertum

Source: Frühmittelalterliche Studien , 33., ( 1999): Pages 1 - 19.
Year of Publication: 1999.

21. Record Number: 7356
Author(s): Malamut, Élisabeth.
Contributor(s):
Title : Une Femme politique d'exception à la fin du XIe siècle: Anne Dalassène [The author argues that Anna Dalassena exercised real power for close to thirteen years when she ruled during her emperor-son's absences with his full support. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Femmes et pouvoirs des femmes à Byzance et en Occident (VIe -XIe siècles). Colloque international organisé les 28, 29 et 30 mars 1996 à Bruxelles et Villeneuve d'Ascq. Edited by Stéphane Lebecq, Alain Dierkens, Régine Le Jan, and Jean-Marie Sansterre . Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire de l'Europe du Nord-Ouest, Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille 3, 1999. Quaderni Medievali , 49., (giugno 2000): Pages 103 - 120.
Year of Publication: 1999.

22. Record Number: 7360
Author(s): Sansterre, Jean-Marie.
Contributor(s):
Title : Mère du roi, épouse du Christ, et fille de Saint Pierre: les dernières années de l'impératrice Agnès de Poitou. Entre image et réalité [The author argues that Agnes, wife and regent for Holy Roman emperors, gave up the power and pomp of the world for holy widowhood. However, she was still active in supporting the reform popes against the anti-popes established by her son. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

23. Record Number: 3765
Author(s): James, Liz and Barbara Hill
Contributor(s):
Title : Women and Politics in the Byzantine Empire: Imperial Women [The authors provide an introductory overview of the role of empresses, noting those who ruled independently and those with a great deal of influence].

Source: Women in Medieval Western European Culture. Edited by Linda E. Mitchell . Garland Publishing, 1999. Quaderni Medievali , 49., (giugno 2000): Pages 157 - 178.
Year of Publication: 1999.

24. Record Number: 4745
Author(s): Vinson, Martha P.
Contributor(s):
Title : Gender and Politics in the Post-Iconoclastic Period: The "Lives" of Anthony the Younger, the Empress Theodora, and the Patriarch Ignatios [the author argues that the "Life with Encomium of the Blessed and Holy Empress Theodora" and the "Life and Conduct of Saint Anthony the Younger" were written together to counter the iconoclast resentments, embodied in the aggressively masculine writings of Photios, against an iconophile government headed by a woman and surrounded by eunuch advisors; the author of the "Vita" of Saint Anthony uses an Aristotelian form of argumentation for the relative, placing the saint in the middle between lust and impotence, wanton aggression and effeminate cowardice, and other bi-polar extremes of gender stereotypes; the end result was a secularization of the ideas of sanctity and a reliance upon sex roles to characterize the saint].

Source: Byzantion , 68., 2 ( 1998): Pages 469 - 515.
Year of Publication: 1998.

25. Record Number: 4365
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title : Nikephoros II Phokas and Theophanou in Cavusin: The Imperial Family as Model [The author argues that the portrait portrays the imperial couple, Nikephoros and Theophanou, flanked by his father and mother on one side; the intent was to memorialize the marriage along with that of the emperor's parents].

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 24., ( 1998): Pages 23 - 24.
Year of Publication: 1998.

26. Record Number: 2137
Author(s): El-Cheikh, Nadia M.
Contributor(s):
Title : Describing the Other to Get at the Self: Byzantine Women in Arabic Sources (8th-11th Centuries)

Source: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient , 40., 2 (May 1997): Pages 239 - 250.
Year of Publication: 1997.

27. Record Number: 3148
Author(s): Kalas, Gregor.
Contributor(s):
Title : Queening Intercession: The Virgin Intervenes as an Empress at S. Maria Antiqua (Rome)

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 23., ( 1997): Pages 10
Year of Publication: 1997.

28. Record Number: 2890
Author(s): Smythe, Dion C.
Contributor(s):
Title : Behind the Mask: Empresses and Empire in Middle Byzantium

Source: Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference Held at King's College London, April 1995. Edited by Anne J. Duggan . Boydell Press, 1997. Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 23., ( 1997): Pages 141 - 152.
Year of Publication: 1997.

29. Record Number: 2889
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title : Goddess, Whore, Wife or Slave: Will the Real Byzantine Empress Please Stand Up? [an analysis of female power among early Byzantine empresses based in part on carved ivory plaques; appendix lists empresses from the fourth through the sixth centuries].

30. Record Number: 3149
Author(s): Gerstel, Sharon E. J.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Construction of a Sainted Empress

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 23., ( 1997): Pages 11
Year of Publication: 1997.

31. Record Number: 1877
Author(s): Gerstel, Sharon E. J.
Contributor(s):
Title : Saint Eudokia and the Imperial Household of Leo VI

Source: Art Bulletin (Full Text via JSTOR) 79, 4 (December 1997): 699-707. Link Info
Year of Publication: 1997.

32. Record Number: 1845
Author(s): Garland, Lynda.
Contributor(s):
Title : Morality Versus Politics at the Byzantine Court: The Charges Against Marie of Antioch and Euphrosyne [both were accused of adultery; Marie was executed, while Euphrosyne, the power behind the throne, was exiled for six months before her husband recalled her].

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 24., ( 1997): Pages 259 - 295. Special issue: Conformity and Non-Conformity in Byzantium: Papers Given at the Eighth Conference of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, University of New England, Australia, July 1993.
Year of Publication: 1997.

33. Record Number: 1741
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
Contributor(s):
Title : The ideal Imperial Komnenian Women [drawing upon funeral orations and speeches, the author analyzes the female virtues praised before the emperor (beauty, piety, fertility, and modesty) and those for a female patron (self-control, learning, and wisdom)].

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 23., ( 1996): Pages 7 - 18. Revised papers that were originally read at the session entitled "Komnenian Culture" at the Twentieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 21, 1994
Year of Publication: 1996.

34. Record Number: 1745
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
Contributor(s):
Title : A Vindication of the Rights of Women to Power by Anna Komnene [on the active role of Anna Dalassena and Irene Doukaina].

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 23., ( 1996): Pages 45 - 53. Revised papers that were originally read at the session entitled "Komnenian Culture" at the Twentieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 21, 1994
Year of Publication: 1996.

35. Record Number: 1985
Author(s): Irmscher, J.
Contributor(s):
Title : Bertha von Sulzbach, Gemahlin Manuels I

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 22., ( 1996): Pages 279 - 290. Issue Title: Byzance et l'Europe. 6e Symposion Byzantinon l'Automne 1992.
Year of Publication: 1996.

36. Record Number: 2282
Author(s): Vinson, M. P.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Empress Theodora and the Cult of Domesticity in Byzantine Hagiography

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 22., ( 1996): Pages 70
Year of Publication: 1996.

37. Record Number: 5484
Author(s): Messina, Renata Gentile.
Contributor(s):
Title : Basilissai di origine occidentale nella produzione encomiastica Bizantina (sec. XII) [Byzantine scholars who described the Western-born empresses of the Komnenos period displayed ambivalence; Basil Archidenos described Bertha of Sulzbach (Irene Komnena) with a mixture of approval and disapproval; Eustathios of Thessalonike in his work honoring Agnes of France (Anna) , described her as an "ideal" empress, modest, reserved, submissive, and beautiful; he presented her qualities as an admission of Byzantine superiority].

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 22., ( 1996): Pages 261 - 277.
Year of Publication: 1996.

38. Record Number: 2279
Author(s): McClanan, A. L.
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Title : Byzantine Steelyard Weights Depicting Empresses

Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 22., ( 1996): Pages 36
Year of Publication: 1996.

39. Record Number: 616
Author(s): Garland, Lynda
Contributor(s):
Title : Conformity and License at the Byzantine Court in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: The Case of Emperial Women

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 21., ( 1995): Pages 101 - 115. Special issue: Bosphorus: Essays in the Honour of Cyril Mango. Edited by Stephanos Efthymiadis, Claudia Rapp, and Dimitris Tsougarakis.
Year of Publication: 1995.

40. Record Number: 1545
Author(s): Patlagean, Evelyne.
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Title : Une sainte souveraine grecque: Theodora impératrice d'Épire (XIIIe siècle) [political and social background of Theodora's "Vita"].

Source: Byzantinoslavica , 56., 2 ( 1995): Pages 453 - 460.
Year of Publication: 1995.

41. Record Number: 1986
Author(s): Alexakis, Alexander.
Contributor(s):
Title : Leo VI, Theophano, a "Magistros" Called Slokakas, and the "Vita Theophano" (BHG 1794) [suggests that the "Magister" Slokakas mentioned in a scholiast's comments is the author of the "Vita" of Empress Theophano which he wrote in order to gain Emperor Leo's favor].

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 21., ( 1995): Pages 45 - 56. Issue title: Bosphorus: Essays in the Honour of Cyril Mango. Ed. by Stephanos Efthymiadis, Claudia Rapp, and Dimitris Tsougarakis.
Year of Publication: 1995.

42. Record Number: 1678
Author(s): Herrin, Judith
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Title : Theophano: Considerations on the Education of a Byzantine Princess

Source: The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium. Edited by Adelbert Davids . Cambridge University Press, 1995. Byzantinische Forschungen , 22., ( 1996): Pages 64 - 85. Essay reproduced in Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium. By Judith Herrin. Princeton University Press, 2013. Pages 238-260.
Year of Publication: 1995.

43. Record Number: 1676
Author(s): Engels, Odilo.
Contributor(s):
Title : Theophano, the Western Empress from the East

Source: The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium. Edited by Adelbert Davids . Cambridge University Press, 1995. Byzantinische Forschungen , 22., ( 1996): Pages 28 - 48. This article appeared in German in Die Begegnung des Westens mit dem Osten: Kongressakten des 4. Symposions des Mediävistenverbandes in Köln 1991 aus Anlass des 1000. Todesjahres der Kaiserin Theophanu. Edited by O. Engels and P. Schreiner. Sigmaringen, 1
Year of Publication: 1995.

44. Record Number: 382
Author(s): Origone, Sandra.
Contributor(s):
Title : Marriage Connections Between Byzantium and the West in the Age of the Palaiologoi [case studies of Irene of Montferrat, Rita- Maria Xene, a princess of Armenia, Anne of Savoy, and Sophia of Montferrat].

Source: Mediterranean Historical Review , 10., 40180 (June/Dec. 1995): Pages 226 - 241. Special Issue: International Contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean: Studies in Honour of David Jacoby. Ed. Benjamin Arbel. Tel Aviv University; Frank Cass, 1995.
Year of Publication: 1995.

45. Record Number: 1677
Author(s): Ciggaar, K.
Contributor(s):
Title : Theophano: An Empress Reconsidered [evaluates contemporary accounts of Theophano, both positive and negative ; among the latter is a German nun's vision of Theophano in purgatory and numerous complaints about her love of foreign luxury].

46. Record Number: 1682
Author(s): Bange, P.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Image of Women of the Nobility in the German Chronicles of the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries [focuses on women's role in politics and their piety; chronicles and annals cited are by Thietmar of Merseurg, Widukind of Corvey, Adalbert, Luitprand, Alpert of Metz, Lampert of Hersfeld, Wipo, Herman of Reichenau, and Frutolf].

47. Record Number: 1675
Author(s): Leyser, Karl.
Contributor(s):
Title : Theophanu divina gratia imperatrix augusta: Western and Eastern Emperorship in the Later Tenth Century

Source: The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium. Edited by Adelbert Davids . Cambridge University Press, 1995. Mediterranean Historical Review , 10., 40180 (June/Dec. 1995): Pages 1 - 27. This article also appears in Leyser's Communication and Power in Medieval Europe: The Carolingian and Ottonian Centuries edited by Timothy Reuter, Hambledon Press, 1993.
Year of Publication: 1995.

48. Record Number: 5055
Author(s): Donnini, Mauro.
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Title : Galla Placidia nelle fonti latine medievali, umanistiche e rinascimentali [the early memory of Galla Placidia was of a figure in narratives of imperial politics; humanists later built on these narratives an image of the empress saving Rome from destruction by the Goths; an alternative tradition grew up in the Middle Ages depicting Galla Placidia as the pious friend of Saints Germanus and Barbatianus].

Source: Studi Medievali , 35., 2 (Dicembre 1994): Pages 695 - 732.
Year of Publication: 1994.

49. Record Number: 1843
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Title : What the Genoese Cast upon Helena Dragash's Head: Coins Not "Confecti" [argues, based on evidence from the acccount book of the Genoese commune in Pera, that the Genoese showered Helena Dragash with coins when she made her ceremonial entrance into Constantinople a few days prior to her wedding].

Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 20., ( 1994): Pages 235 - 246.
Year of Publication: 1994.

50. Record Number: 1550
Author(s): Garland, Lynda.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Eye of the Beholder: Byzantine Imperial Women and Their Public Image from Zoe Porphyrogenita to Euphrosyne Kamaterissa Doukaina (1028-1203) [analysis of the image and ceremonial role of empresses and women in the royal family based primarily on historians' accounts; empresses discussed include Zoe, Theodora, Aikaterina, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Maria of Alania, Eirene, Anna Dalassena, Piroshka-Eirene, Bertha-Eirene of Sulzbach, and Mary of Antioch].

Source: Byzantion , 64., 1 ( 1994): Pages 19 - 39. and Byzantion: Revue Internationale des Études Byzantines 64, 2 (1994): 261-313.
Year of Publication: 1994.

51. Record Number: 11665
Author(s): Barasch, Frances K.
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Title : Norwich Cathedral: The Bauchun Chapel Legend of the Accused Queen [Thirty-two sculpted bosses in Bauchun Chapel retell the Virgin's miracle of the queen falsely accused. The author argues that the sculptors drew on a number of different sources including the "Gesta Romanorum," an early Latin miracle of the Virgin, and Gautier de Coinci's retelling of the miracle in verse. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Early Drama, Art, and Music Review , 15., 2 (Spring 1993): Pages 63 - 75.
Year of Publication: 1993.

52. Record Number: 10216
Author(s): Talbot, Alice-Mary.
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Title : Empress Theodora Palaiologina, Wife of Michael VIII [The author argues that although Theodora was a dutiful wife who engaged in typical imperial activities, she spent her widowhood trying to distance herself from her husband. She had briefly acquiesced in her husband's acceptance of the Church of Rome. Perhaps in expiation, she devoted great efforts as a widow to female monastic endowments and charitable causes. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 295-303. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info Reprinted in Women and Religious Life in Byzantium. By Alice-Mary Talbot. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Ashgate, 2001. Article 5.
Year of Publication: 1992.

53. Record Number: 10213
Author(s): Kianka, Frances.
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Title : The Letters of Demetrios Kydones to Empress Helena Kantakouzene Palaiologina [The author explores the relationship between the career government official and the empress as reflected in his letters. She was his literary patron and gave him good political advice when he was out of favor at court. Includes translations and commentaries on six letters from Kydones. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 155-164. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info
Year of Publication: 1992.

54. Record Number: 10214
Author(s): Laiou, Angeliki E.
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Title : Imperial Marriages and Their Critics in the Eleventh Century: The Case of Skylitzes [The author examines a number of historians but concentrates on the jurist and judge John Skylitzes. Skylitzes frequently objected to the behavior of emperors when their marriages ran counter to the public good. He was less likely to be concerned about ecclesiastical limitations on remarriage. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 165-176. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info
Year of Publication: 1992.

55. Record Number: 12287
Author(s): Cowdrey, H. E. J.
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Title : Pope Victor and the Empress A [The author argues that a letter from a pope to a Byzantine empress should be identified as Pope Victor III writing to Anna Dalassena in 1086/1087 concerning mistreatment of Western pilgrims by Byzantine imperial officials. The Latin text of the letter is presented in an appendix. The manuscript source is lost but the text is printed in Mabillon, "Annales OSB" and in Migne, "Patrologia Latina" 149. 961-2. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Byzantinische Zeitschrift , 84., ( 1991): Pages 43 - 48.
Year of Publication: 1991.

56. Record Number: 12734
Author(s): Barber, Charles.
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Title : The imperial panels at San Vitale: a reconsideration [Two sixth century mosaics in the aspe of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, depict the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (on the left) and his wife Theodora (on the right). Although the Emperor and Empress appear to be represented identically (with purple clothing, haloes, and similar postures), other types of iconography in the panels differentiate the role and status of the figures according to their gender. The Emperor, flanked by priests and soldiers, carries objects that indicate his priestly and military roles. The Empress, dressed in more lavish clothing and jewels and enclosed in a depiction of architectural space, reflects Byzantine society’s legal and social relegation of women (even aristocratic ones) to the domestic sphere. Nonetheless, Theodora’s position in image (in the center with males on one side of her, females, on the other) places her at the boundary between the sexes, as a transgressive figure who straddles both public and private spheres. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies , 14., ( 1990): Pages 19 - 42.
Year of Publication: 1990.

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Title : Empress Theodora and Retinue

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Title : Empress Ariadne

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Title : Head of an Empress (Thedora?)

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Title : Ivory Plaque with Christ Crowning Emperor Otto II and Empress Theophano

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Title : Ivory Plaque with Christ Crowning Emperor Romanus II and Empress Eudokia (Bertha of Provence)

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Title : Codex Aureus of Echternach. Treasure Binding

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63. Record Number: 31891
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Title : Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

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64. Record Number: 32358
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Title : Zoe Porphyrogenita and Constantine IX Monomachos Giving Donations to Christ

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65. Record Number: 33776
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Title : Empress Constance entrusts her son to the duchess of Spoleto

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66. Record Number: 35184
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Title : Lady of Carthage

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67. Record Number: 37664
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Title : Mary of Burgundy reading from a book of hours

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