Empresses, Queens, and Letters: Finding a 'Female Voice' in Late Antiquity?

This article discusses twenty-six Latin and Greek letters dating to the fifth and sixth centuries CE, written under the name of empresses and queens and originating from the later Roman Empire, Ostrogothic Italy and Merovingian Gaul. Where these letters have received attention, scholars have usually...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 353 - 383
Main Author:	Hillner, Julia
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2019
Subjects:	Women's writings Queens Empresses Classical letter writing Greek letter writing Latin letter writing Fifth century, A.D. Sixth century
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