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Author Stewart, Michael Edward.

Title The Soldier's Life : Martial Virtures and Manly Romanitas in the Early Byzantine Empire / Michael Edward Stewart.

Publication Info. Leeds : Kismet Press, ©2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.31 S851S    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Romanitas ; 1
Romanitas ; 1.
Contents Introduction -- The Study of Men as a Gender -- Vita Militaris: The Soldier's Life -- The Manly Emperor: Conceptualisations of Manliness, Courage, and Ideal Leadership at the Opening of the Fifth Century -- The Wars Most Peaceful: Militarism, Piety, and Constructions of Christian Manliness in the Theodosian Age -- Representations of Power and Imperial Manliness in the Age of Theodosius II -- Emperors and Generals: Pathways to Power in the Age of Leo I -- Contests of Manly Virtue in Procopius' Gothic War -- Conclusion: Lingering Manly Romanitas in Byzantium.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Masculinity -- Greece -- History.
Men -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Masculinity. (OCoLC)fst01011027
Men. (OCoLC)fst01015978
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
Männlichkeit. (DE-588)4123701-8
Tapferkeit. (DE-588)4184455-5
Byzantinisches Reich. (DE-588)4009256-2
Chronological Term To 1500
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0995671729
9780995671720
0995671702
9780995671706
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