IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1614: Byzantium in Context, II: Byzantium Collapses - A View from the Female Perspective
Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Athens |
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| Organiser: | Ekaterini Mitsiou, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Department of Byzantine Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens |
| Moderator/Chair: | Mihailo Popović, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien |
| Paper 1614-a | Viewing the Empire through Female Eyes from Anna Comnena to Anna of Savoy (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Mentalities |
| Paper 1614-b | Helen of Troy in Byzantium: Women, War, and Diplomacy - Crisis Factors in Late Byzantium from a Gender Standpoint (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1614-c | Collapsed Empires and the Fate of Female Monastic Communities (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Mentalities, Monasticism |
| Abstract | Major aim of this session is to examine the decline of the Byzantine Empire in the Late Byzantine Period from the perspective of women. Female involvement in power games enabled them to form a picture of the Empires' affairs and its endangered position. In some cases their ideas on the needs, measures and countermeasures did not coincide with male perceptions of imperial power and policies. On the other hand, as the Byzantine Empire gradually declined, it is interesting to detect the consequences for Byzantine women. A case study for discussion offer the female monastic communities from the 13th to the 15th centuries, and their struggle to adapt to the changing realities of their times. |