Same bodies, different women: 'other' women in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

0507474 - SLÚ 2020 RIV HU eng M - Monography Chapter
Melichar, Petra
A Heretic with a Distorted Face: Sophia of Montferrat, the 'Other' Empress of Byzantium.
Same bodies, different women: 'other' women in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. Budapest: Trivent Publishing, 2019 - (Mielke, C.; Znorovszky, A.), s. 24-39. History and Art, 2. ISBN 978-615-81222-2-1
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Keywords : empress * disability * Byzantine Empire
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Focusing on the idea that even a princess favored by both the senior emperor and the Pope could become an outcast and fail to succeed in her role, the present paper describes the life of Sophia of Montferrat, an Italian noblewoman of Byzantine descent who married John VIII Palaiologos in 1421. The aim of the author is to inquire into Sophia’s life and the circumstances which led to her being rejected by her husband and her subjects, preventing her from successfully integrating into Byzantine society.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298630