Abstract

Contents: An introduction to questions of gender in Byzantium, Bronwen Neil Perceptions of Byzantine virtus in southern Italy, from the 8th to 11th centuries, Paul Brown a Till death do us parta (TM)?: family life in Byzantine monasteries, Lynda Garland Psalmody and Socrates: female literacy in the Byzantine empire, Amelia R. Brown Changing conceptions of Mary in 6th-century Byzantium: the Kontakia of Romanos the Melodist, Sarah Gador-Whyte Ghosts in the machine: the lives and deaths of Constantinian imperial women, Liz James Regarding women on the throne: representations of Empress Eirene, Bronwen Neil The brides of 1420: men looking at womena (TM)s bodies, Diana Gilliland Wright Bearding Byzantium: masculinity, eunuchs and the Byzantine life course, Shaun Tougher The spiritual valency of gender in Byzantine society, Damien Casey Bibliography Index.

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