Christian Rollinger / Nadine Viermann (eds.): Empresses-in-Waiting. Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court (reviewed by Liz James)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
347-351
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Editor(s) of the presented monograph
Title
Empresses-in-Waiting
Subtitle
Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court
Year of publication
2024
Place of publication
Liverpool
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Series
Women in Ancient Cultures
Number of pages
XI, 334
ISBN
978-1-80207-593-9
Subject classification
Byzantine Studies
Time classification
1st - 5th century AD, 6th - 12th century
Regional classification
South Eastern Europe, Byzantine Empire / ancient
Subject heading
Geschichte 300-700
Spätantike
Byzantinisches Reich
Kaiserin
Frau
Macht
Hof
Repräsentation
Politik
Handlungsfähigkeit
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-rollinger_viermann.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
4234eb3c7b2845479c250770bd8357cb

James, Liz: review of: Christian Rollinger / Nadine Viermann (eds.), Empresses-in-Waiting. Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2024, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 347-351

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/27-2025/empresses-in-waiting-1
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-rollinger_viermann.pdf

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