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Empresses-in-Waiting

Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court

AvChristian Rollinger,Christian Rollinger

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Empresses-in-Waiting comprises case studies of late antique empresses, female members of imperial dynasties, and female members of the highest nobility of the late Roman empire, ranging from the fourth to the seventh centuries AD. Situated in the context of the broader developments of scholarship on late antique and byzantine empresses, this volume explores the political agency, religious authority, and influence of imperial and near-imperial women within the Late Roman imperial court, which is understood as a complex spatial, social, and cultural system, the centre of patronage networks, and an arena for elite competition. The studies explore female performance and representation in literary and visual media as well as in court ceremonial, and discuss the opportunities and constraints of female power within a male dominated court environment and the broader realms of imperial activity. By focusing on imperial women, the volume not only addresses questions of gendered rhetoric and agency but throws into relief general dynamics in the exercise of imperial power during a period in which the classical Mediterranean world at large, as well as the Roman monarchy, underwent crucial transformations.An Open Access version of the Lewis Dagnall's chapter The Empress Sophia and East Roman Foreign Policy will be available on publication on the Liverpool University Press website.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-28
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Women in Ancient Cultures
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9781805965992

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Romarna inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Christian Rollinger is Reader in Ancient History, Trier University. Nadine Viermann is Assistant Professor in History of Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium, Durham University.

Recensioner i media

[Offers] new insights and good and thought-provoking questions about these women’s abilities to push boundaries through their wealth, family connections and personal connections in a court setting.' Liz James, Plekos, 27, 2025'

Innehållsförteckning

Christian Rollinger and Nadine Viermann, Empresses-in-Waiting? An IntroductionAnja Wieber, Towards a history of scholarship on late antique imperial women –From Theodora, the tigress to matronageMads Lindholmer, Constructing Power through Rituals: The Case of TheodoraPavla Drapelova, Empresses on Early Byzantine coins (sixth to seventh centuries): Evidence of Power?Silvia Holm, Empress with Agency: Eusebia’s Efforts to Consolidate the Constantinian DynastyBelinda Washington, John Chrysostom’s Letter to a Young Widow: Reflections on Imperial Women Roles at Regime Change 106Silvio Roggo, The Empress Sophia ReconsideredLewis Dagnall, The Empress Sophia and East Roman Foreign PolicyNadine Viermann, Dynasty, Endogamy and Civil Strife: Martina Augusta and the Role of Imperial Women in the Early Seventh CenturyGeoffrey Nathan, Augusta unrealized: Anicia Juliana and the Logistics of PlaceChristopher Lilington-Martin, Antonina patricia: Theodora’s Fixer at the Female Court and the Politics of Gender in ProcopiusMarco Cristini, Matasuintha: From Gothic Queen to Imperial WomanJulia Hillner, Epilogue: Imperial Women After Curtains