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Theodosian Empresses sets a series of compelling women on the stage of history and offers new insights into the eastern court in the fifth century.
Price: $33.95
Pages: 276
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Publication Date:
25 October 1989
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520068018
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Kenneth G. Holum is Professor of History at the University of Maryland.
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Theodosius the Great and His Women
The Dynastic Impetus
The Domestic Side
II. Aelia Eudoxi'a Augusta
III. Aelia PulcherIa Augusta
IV. Aelt'a Eudoct'a Augusta
The Athenian Maid
Pulcheria's Special Resources
V. The Controversy Over the Mother of God
VI. Two Empresses Who Refused to Be One
The Apple of Discord
The New Helena
VII. From Dominion to Sainthood
Bibliography
Index
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Theodosius the Great and His Women
The Dynastic Impetus
The Domestic Side
II. Aelia Eudoxi'a Augusta
III. Aelia PulcherIa Augusta
IV. Aelt'a Eudoct'a Augusta
The Athenian Maid
Pulcheria's Special Resources
V. The Controversy Over the Mother of God
VI. Two Empresses Who Refused to Be One
The Apple of Discord
The New Helena
VII. From Dominion to Sainthood
Bibliography
Index