Kilka uwag o specyfice badań nad historią kobiet w późnej starożytności i Bizancjum
A FEW COMMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF THE RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND BYZANTIUM

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims to show the most important difficulties connected with the research on the history of women in Late Antiquity and Byzantium. It also points to the significant differences that exist in such studies as relating to various historical periods. The major problem occurring in the women’s studies focused on pre-modern periods is the nature of the sources as represented by only a very limited number of female authors (most of whom would represent the elite circles of society). Most often, the world of women in that period is depicted from the perspective of male authors, usually members of the upper classes themselves. For this reason, the study of the history of women in Antiquity and in the Byzantine period should require the use of the methodology specific to classical studies with the reliance on the applicable methods elaborated for the purposes of women’s studies.

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