Representations of Early Byzantine Empresses Image and Empire

This book reconsiders a wide array of images of Byzantine empresses on media as diverse as bronze coins and gold mosaic from the fifth through to the seventh centuries A.D. The representations have often been viewed in terms of individual personas, but strong typological currents frame their medieva...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClanan, Anne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2002, 2002
Series:The New Middle Ages
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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