Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2819
  • Author(s)/Creator(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 URL: Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 165-176. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info target = '_blank'>Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 165-176. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Adultery Byzantium Emperors Empresses Law Marriage Remarriage Skylitzes, John, Historian
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
  • Century: 11
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  • Author's Affiliation: Dumbarton Oaks
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00707546
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