Amalasuintha: The Transformation Of Queenship In The Post-Roman World

As mother, as regent, and as queen, Amalasuintha struggled at the palace of Ravenna to maintain the Ostrogothic dynasty. Massimiliano Vitiello demonstrates the ways in which her life shows the influence of both Western and Eastern imperial models on the formation of female political power in the post-Roman world.

• | Author: Massimiliano Vitiello
• | Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 03, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 081224947X
• | ISBN-13: 9780812249477