Women and monarchy in Macedonia / Elizabeth Donnelly Carney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carney, Elizabeth Donnelly, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--Macedonia--Biography.

Queens.

Women in public life--Macedonia--Biography.

Women in public life.

Women--Macedonia--History.

Women.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 369 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2000]

Summary:

In this groundbreaking work, Elizabeth Donnelly Carney examines the role of royal women in the Macedonian Argead dynasty from the sixth century B.C. to 168 B.C. Women were excluded from the exercise of power in most of the Hellenic world. However, Carney shows that the wives, mothers, and daughters of kings played important roles in Macedonian public life and occasionally determined the course of national events. Carney assembles an exhaustive array of evidence on the political role of Argead royal women. She also presents a series of biographical sketches describing the public careers of all the royal women -- including Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, and the warrior Cynnane, his half-sister -- whose names are preserved in ancient sources. Women and Monarchy in Macedonia corrects previously held assumptions and offers a fresh interpretation of the status, function, influence, and authority of women in the ancient world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and indexes.

ISBN:

0806132124

OCLC:

41712259