The Byzantine Lady

What kind of lives did women in the Byzantine empire lead? Just how subservient were they in so male-dominated a society? In this collection of biographies the ... » 

What kind of lives did women in the Byzantine empire lead? Just how subservient were they in so male-dominated a society? In this collection of biographies the author considers the unexpected - that in the later years of the era, some aristocratic women enjoyed influence and exercised initiative. «