Empresses of Late Byzantium: Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women by Melichar, Petra

Empresses of Late Byzantium: Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783631746677)

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Empresses of Late Byzantium: Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women by Melichar, Petra

Empresses of Late Byzantium: Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women

$109.70
Empresses of Late Byzantium: Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women by Melichar, Petra

Empresses of Late Byzantium: Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women

$109.70
Format: Hardcover
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The study presents the biographies of fifteen empresses in the period from 1261 to 1450. It also considers the selection of imperial brides and the rituals accompanying their arrival in Constantinople. Finally, the author inquires into these women's contributions to public, ritual, and ecclesiastical life and reflects on the seasons of their lives.



Author: Petra Melichar
ISBN-10: 3631746679
ISBN-13: 9783631746677
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2019
Pages: 498
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.20w x 1.60d
By Petra Melichar
By Petra Melichar
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Petra Melichar earned her PhD from Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven in 2012. At present, she is a fellow of the Slavonic Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague and editor-in-chief of the journal Byzantinoslavica (since 2015). Her recent work centers on elite women in the Palaiologan period (1261 - 1453).

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