IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 218: The Late Antique Empress, I: Imperial Women between Court Politics and 'Barbarian' Kings
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Women's Classical Committee / Medieval & Ancient Research Centre, University of Sheffield (MARCUS) |
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Organisers: | Julia Hillner, Department of History, University of Sheffield Victoria Leonard, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London |
Moderator/Chair: | Richard Flower, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Exeter |
Paper 218-a | Reviewing the Roles of 4th-Century Imperial Women: The Case of Justina (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
Paper 218-b | Galla Placidia as 'Human Gold': Consent and Autonomy in the Early 5th-Century Western Mediterranean (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Military History, Sexuality, Women's Studies |
Paper 218-c | Return of the Confined Empress: The Burial of Verina (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Abstract | This is the second session offering new work on late antique empresses. It focuses on case studies that are rarely discussed or in need of reassessment, as they have significant things to tell us about late antique ecclesiastical, military and political developments. Paper -a investigates the changing relationship between state and church through Justina's role in 4th-century Milan; paper -b asks how a reinterpretation of Galla Placidia's Visigothic marriage as war captivity affects our understanding of Roman-Barbarian relationships; paper -c explores the rising power of late 5th-century imperial women through the burial of the disgraced Verina by her daughter, Ariadne. |