Identidad nacional y modelos femeninos en al obra de Paulo Diáconola imagen de la emperatriz Sofía
ISSN: 0213-2052
Year of publication: 2004
Issue Title: Identidades y culturas en el Imperio Romano
Issue: 22
Pages: 161-177
Type: Article
More publications in: Studia historica. Historia antigua
Abstract
This work studies the negative image of the 6th century Byzantine Empress Sophia given by the Lombard historian Paulus Diaconus, a view related both to his misogyny and to his clearly anti-Byzantine perspective. However, characteristic aspects of the Byzantine imperial ritual, associated with the figure of the empresses are used interestingly by this cleric, highlighting the important role that the Lombard queens and princesses indeed played, and thus revealing contradictions in the author's discourse.