TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petra Melichar
PY  - 2019
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631791677
TI  - Empresses of Late Byzantium
T2  - Foreign Brides, Mediators and Pious Women
DO  - 10.3726/b15725
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110843
N2  - 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.
KW  - Palaiologan era, Imperial women, Rituals, Integration, Biographies, Social roles
LA  - English
ER  -