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Masculinity in Byzantium, c. 1000-1200 : Scholars, Clerics and Violence / Maroula Perisanidi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perisanidi, Maroula, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity--Byzantine Empire.
- Masculinity.
- Men--Byzantine Empire--Social conditions.
- Men.
- Byzantine Empire--History.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Exploring the role of learning, violence and religious status in the construction of Byzantine masculinities, this book is valuable for scholars and students of gender, posthumanism and disability in any period as well as of Byzantine and medieval history
- Contents:
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- A note on transliteration and names
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Michael Psellos: writing like a man, 'throwing like a girl'
- Ioannes Tzetzes: a scholar and his animals
- Gregorios Antiochos: disabled bodies and desired becomings
- Hunting churchment
- Fighting the good fight
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Nov 2024).
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781009499835
- 1009499831
- 9781009499804
- 1009499807
- 9781009499781
- 1009499785
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