Secular Byzantine Women: Art, Archaeology, and Ethnography of Female Material Culture from Late Roman...

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Sophia Germanidou

Secular Byzantine Women

Art, Archaeology, and Ethnography of Female Material Culture from Late Roman to Post-Byzantine...

Sophia Germanidou

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Routledge
15 March 2022

Classical history & classical civilisation; Medieval history; Social & cultural history; Material culture; Gender studies: women

Series: Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies

Secular Byzantine Women examines female material culture during the Late Roman, Byzantine, and Post-Byzantine eras, to better understand the lives of ordinary and humble women during this period.

Although recent scholarship has contributed greatly to our knowledge of Byzantine and medieval women, such research has largely focused on female saints, imperial figures, and prominent women of local communities. But what about secular and non-privileged women? Bringing together scholars from various fields, including archaeology, history, theology, anthropology, and ethnography, this volume seeks to answer this important question. The chapters examine the everyday lives of lay women, including their working routines, their clothing, and precious possessions.

This book will appeal to scholars and students of Byzantine history, art, and archaeology, as well as those interested in gender and material culture studies.

Edited by: Sophia Germanidou
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367856373
ISBN 10: 0367856379
Series: Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 15 March 2022
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Women’s accessories from a bath house on Santorini (Thira), Cyclades (2th - 4th centuries) / Unheard voices of Early Byzantine childhood. On the custom of adorning secular girls with earrings as seen through the evidence of burials / Not even a band on my finger? Rings of non-elite women / Women and beekeeping –a forbidden liaison? Scattered evidence with emphasis on Christian era (Byzantine – Medieval culture) / Eve at the forge: Byzantine women and manual labour. Comments on a rare iconographical theme and its connection to reality / Female family status during the Late Byzantine period; evidence from MS Parisinus graecus 135 / Ordinary women in Byzantine funerary contexts from Greece; a view from the bones / The ‘transcendental’ role of woman in Early Patristics (theological and philosophical insights) / Interpreting the female dances of ""Ainoi"" (Laudes) in the Post-Byzantine painting / Illustrating the daily life of a woman in Mani during the Post-Byzantine period. A small contribution on the subject / Womens’ work in pre-industrial rural Greece. An ethnographic point of view"

Sophia Germanidou is currently a Marie Curie Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University. Her main interests include Byzantine iconography, vernacular architecture, and the investigation of rural activities in medieval communities.

Reviews for Secular Byzantine Women: Art, Archaeology, and Ethnography of Female Material Culture from Late Roman to Post-Byzantine Times

'A variety of sources and approaches motivates this collective female work that broadens our horizons in this fascinating area of Byzantine culture ... Sofia Germanidou responded felicitously to the editorial task, achieving consistent scholarship, uniform, well-documented and convincing papers, amply supported both from primary sources and secondary modern bibliography. As a result, individually and collectively, the essays of the volume offer insight and make a meaningful contribution to the field' - Byzantina Symmeikta, Volume 32 (2022).