Visualizing women in Late Antiquity Grace Stafford

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stafford, Grace, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Europe--Social conditions--To 1500.

Women.

Women in art--History--To 1500.

Women in art.

Women--Social conditions.

Women in art--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press USA, 2026.

Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

'Visualising Women in Late Antiquity' examines depictions of contemporary women in the late antique Mediterranean as a rich source for social history. Most histories of women in this period focus on the copious surviving textual sources, the majority of which were written by churchmen. Yet it is also widely acknowledged that such sources can be as problematic as they are fascinating. This book proposes the question: instead of a history focused on textual depictions of women, what might a history centred around visual depictions look like? It seeks to examine how women experienced the numerous changes that shaped Late Antiquity as a transitional period between the classical and medieval words, while also showing that women's experiences were an inextricable part of wider social, religious, and economic histories

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 24, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780198983781

0198983786

9780198983804

0198983808

OCLC:

1601042406

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license