Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium Entertainment_Gift_Guide A shared ache neither of

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Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium Entertainment_Gift_Guide A shared ache neither ofUnrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin sheds light on the importance of marriage in imperial