The Image of Women in Selected Works of Sixth-Century Ecclesiastical Historiography. Part 1. Church History of Theodore Lector and Chronicle of Victor of Tunnuna Cover Image

Obraz kobiet w wybranych dziełach historiografii kościelnej z VI wieku. Część 1. Historia Kościoła Teodora Lektora i Kronika Wiktora z Tunnuny
The Image of Women in Selected Works of Sixth-Century Ecclesiastical Historiography. Part 1. Church History of Theodore Lector and Chronicle of Victor of Tunnuna

Author(s): Rafał Kosiński
Subject(s): Gender Studies, History of Church(es), Sociology of Culture, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Wydawnictwo HUMANICA Instytut Studiów Kobiecych
Keywords: Theodore Lector; Victor of Tunnuna; Ecclesiastical Historiography; Late Antique Historiography;

Summary/Abstract: The present article consists of an analysis of four selected historiographic works with respect to the authors’ reception of the roles of women in the events portrayed. The representation of women in the church historiography of the period is a reflection of how women are perceived by the authors of the sources in question, the men from various cultural backgrounds and milieus: a Greek-speaking lector from Constantinople, a Latin-speaking bishop from the Roman part of Africa, a Syriac monk from Amida, but also a lay jurist from Antioch writing in Greek. The first part of the article contains analyses of Theodore Lector’s Church History and the Chronicle by Victor of Tunnuna. An analysis of the remaining works, as well as final conclusions, will be presented in the second part of the article

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 9-39
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Polish