Masculinity, Identity, and Power Politics in the Age of Justinian : : A Study of Procopius / / Michael Stewart.
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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Translations, Sources, and Names
- Preface
- Part I. Finding Procopius
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Will the Real Procopius Please Stand Up
- Part II. The Contest
- 3. The Danger of the Soft Life
- 4. Courage, Fear, and Generalship in the Vandal War
- 5. Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Eunuchs in a Changing World
- Part III. Chaos Encroaching
- Introduction
- 6. Killing Justinian
- 7. Totila: Hero or Trope?
- Conclusion: All Quiet on the Italian Front
- Bibliography
- Chronology
- Index