This book focuses on the Byzantine court in Constantinople and the young females (aged fourteen or younger) who married into the royal and imperial households of Byzantium and medieval Europe to eventually become queens or empresses. Some married within their own culture, while many travelled hundreds of miles from their homes to encounter new customs, languages, and sometimes religion.
Covering the period from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, this survey addresses a range of neglected areas of study: the crucial importance of children in society in general; the key responsibilities laid on girls and the vital roles of female children in building alliances; and the promotion of political and religious agendas. It addresses both history and art, with evidence drawn from historical sources, religious E009670600, manuscripts, wall paintings, ivories, and metalwork.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-271-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-420-4
ePub ISBN
9781802704198
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
CARMEN Visual and Material Cultures
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
244
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
List of Abbreviations Kein Zugriff
A Note on Spellings, Transliteration, and Names Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Table of Child Brides Kein Zugriff
Introduction. Child Brides: A Perspective Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 8
Chapter 1. Peacemakers, Underage Rulers, and Imperial Coups Kein Zugriff Seiten 9 - 40
Chapter 2. Mothers-in-Law and Unexpected Roles in the Holy Roman Empire and in Georgia Kein Zugriff Seiten 41 - 58
Chapter 3. Georgian and Byzantine Female Power in the Doukan and Komnenian Courts Kein Zugriff Seiten 59 - 88
Chapter 4. Queens of Jerusalem, and French and Hungarian Empresses Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 120
Chapter 5. A Palaiologan Court, Hungarian and Italian Brides, and a Serbian Sacrifice Kein Zugriff Seiten 121 - 152
Chapter 6. Aristocratic Rivalry, Interfaith Marriages, a Bulgarian Bride, and a Girl from Moscow Kein Zugriff Seiten 153 - 176
Conclusions Kein Zugriff Seiten 177 - 186
Appendix. A Note on the Sources Kein Zugriff Seiten 187 - 190
Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 191 - 214
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 215 - 224
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