Piroska and the Pantokrator : Dynastic Memory, Healing and Salvation in Komnenian Constantinople /

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This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sághy, Marianne, 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Irene, > Empress, consort of John II Comnenus, Emperor of the East, > 1088-1134.
Pantokrator Monastery (Istanbul, Turkey)
Monasteries.
Empresses.
Emperors.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Empereurs > Empire byzantin > Biographies.
Imperatrices > Empire byzantin > Biographies.
Emperors > Byzantine Empire > Biography.
Empresses > Byzantine Empire > Biography.
Monasteries > Turkey > Istanbul > History.
Turkey > Istanbul.
Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire > History > Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after Hagia Sophia still standing in Istanbul represents the most remarkable architectural and the most ambitious social project of the Komnenian dynasty. This volume approaches the Pantokrator from a special vantage point focusing on its co-founder, Empress Piroska-Eirene, the daughter of the Hungarian k.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9789633862971

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