by Judith Herrin · TAURUS · tapa dura · ISBN 9788430604746
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«Mujeres en púrpura. Soberanas del medievo bizantino» is the historical essay by Judith Herrin, published by Taurus in hardback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Judith Herrin examines the lives of the Byzantine empresses Irene, Euphrosyne and Theodora and shows them as rulers with decision-making capacity in a court dominated by men. The work places them in the context of the Byzantine Middle Ages to explain their political and religious influence in Constantinople.
Translation by Carmen Martínez Gimeno of the original Women in Purple, in the Taurus Historia collection.
Recommended for readers interested in medieval history and in biographies of women who exercised power; suitable from 16 years.
