War of the Words
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Was the period known as the Dark Ages in fact a golden age for women in religion? In this program, Bettany Hughes profiles some powerful medieval women and shows how religion, and the written word, was vital to their authority. Hughes introduces the influential Theodora I, empress of Christian Byzantium; Muhammad's wives Khadija, the first convert to Islam, and Aisha, whose words are still read by millions of Muslims; Wu Zetian, promoter of Buddhism and China's only female ruler; and St. Hilda, who presided over the crucial Synod of Whitby.
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50 min
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[2013], c2012
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