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Empresses of Late Byzantium. Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women
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SYSNO ASEP 0507472 Document Type B - Monograph R&D Document Type Monograph Title Empresses of Late Byzantium. Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women Author(s) Melichar, Petra (SLU-S) ORCID, SAI Issue data Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019 ISBN 978-3-631-74667-7978-3-631-79167-7978-3-631-79168-4978-3-631-79169-1 Number of pages 497 s. Number of copy 200 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords empresses ; Byzatine Empire ; Late Middle Ages Subject RIV AB - History OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) R&D Projects GP14-08304P GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support SLU-S - RVO:68378017 EID SCOPUS 85117030075 DOI 10.3726/b15725 Annotation With the exception of the wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, Anna of Savoy, who acted as regent of Byzantium from 1341 to 1347, the lives of the late Byzantine empresses have so far received little scholarly attention. This study presents the biographies of all fifteen empresses of the Palaiologan dynasty and, based on their experiences, follows the development of the role and position of an empress in the last centuries of the empire. The final analysis considers the selection process for imperial brides and the rituals accompanying their arrival in Constantinople. The author also inquires into their role in public, ritual, and ecclesiastical life and their most important social roles at various stages of life. Workplace Institute of Slavonic Studies Contact Dana Pilátová, pilatova@slu.cas.cz, Tel.: 224 800 262 Year of Publishing 2020
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