Holy Women in the late Byzantine
The focus of study is Hagiography, i.e., writings on the lives and miracles of saints, in the late Byzantine. The attitude of Byzantines toward female saints reflects their general ambivalence about women. The numbers of female saints provided with vitae are very low. The author shows that a definit...
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| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2011-06-01
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| Series: | RUDN Journal of World History |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/viewFile/1211/684 |