IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 1006: Dynasty and Court Culture in Byzantium and the Near East, II: Court Women

Sponsor:	Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University
Organiser:	Ewan Short, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Moderator/Chair:	Nicholas Baker-Brian, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Paper 1006-a	All the Shahanshah's Wives (Language: English) Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University Domiziana Rossi, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
Paper 1006-b	Sisters of the Macedonian Dynasty: Invisible Women? (Language: English) Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
Paper 1006-c	After Zoe and Theodora: Imperial Women in Byzantine Court Culture in the Post Macedonian Period (Language: English) Ewan Short, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Women's Studies
Abstract	This session forms part of a four session strand on Dynasty and Court Culture in Byzantium and the Near East. The three papers in this session focus on court women. Eve MacDonald and Domiziana Rossi focus on women at the Sasanian court. Shaun Tougher considers the place of sisters of the Macedonian Dynasty (867-1056) at the Byzantine court. Ewan Short examines imperial women at the Byzantine court in the aftermath of the Macedonian Dynasty.