Women in Purple

Women in Purple
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Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 184212529X
ISBN-13 : 9781842125298
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Book Synopsis Women in Purple by : Judith Herrin

Download or read book Women in Purple written by Judith Herrin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of three Byzantine empresses who between 780 and 856 restored the veneration of icons, thus saving the Byzantine Empire from a purely symbolic and abstract decorative art, and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. Judith Herrin evokes the complex and deeply religious world of Constantinople - at that time the largest, finest and wealthiest metropolis of the known world - its monuments and palaces, its court ceremonies and rituals, the special role of eunuchs, the bride-shows and elaborate wedding ceremonies, as well as fanatical monks and warring patriarchs, sudden exile, assassination and murder. Women In Purple aims to not only reshape our understanding of an empire which lasted a thousand years, but throw fresh light on the relationship of women to power.


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