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Record Number: 11274 Author(s)/Creator(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 Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Byzantium Doukaina, Irene, Byzantine Empress, Wife of Alexios I Komnenos Empresses Komnena, Anna, Historian Laudatory Literature Polemics- Women Princesses Rhetoric Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean Century: 11-12 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 01675346

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