Emotions and gender in Byzantine culture

This volume examines the gendered dimensions of emotions and the emotional aspects of gender within Byzantine culture and suggests possible readings of such instances.

In so doing, it celebrates the current breadth of Byzantine gender studies while at the same time contributing to the emerging field of Byzantine emotion studies.

It offers the reader an array of perspectives encompassing various sources and media, including historiography, hagiography, theological writings, epistolography, erotic literature, art objects, and illuminated manuscripts.