Masculinity, identity, and power politics in the age of Justinian : a study of Procopius / Michael E...
Masculinity, identity, and power politics in the age of Justinian : a study of Procopius / Michael E...
Masculinity, identity, and power politics in the age of Justinian : a study of Procopius / Michael Edward Stewart. [electronic resource]
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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Will the real Procopius please stand up -- The danger of the soft life -- Courage, fear, and generalship in the Vandal War -- Shattering the glass ceiling : eunuchs in a changing world -- Killing Justinian -- Totila : hero or trope? -- Conclusion : all quiet on the Italian front.
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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
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2020.
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- Gender, Late Antiquity, Byzantium, Procopius, History
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A generation of historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender found in the mid-sixth century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. Yet the notable but subtler ways in which gender coloured Procopius' most significant work, the Wars, have received far less attention. This monograph examines how gender sha...
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Masculinity, identity, and power politics in the age of Justinian : a study of Procopius / Michael Edward Stewart. [electronic resource]
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Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-235) and index.
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74VKaz0REvzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0REvzd
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90-485-4025-9
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885.02
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991024402494702626
