CROWN, VEIL AND HALO: CONFRONTING IDEALS OF ROYAL FEMALE SANCTITY IN THE WEST AND IN THE BYZANTINE EAST IN LATE MIDDLE AGES (13th-14thCENTURY)

The study of the personal, political and religious lives of four late medieval princesses, Hedwig of Silesia, Elisabeth of Thüringen, Isabella of Aragon and Theodora of Arta, reveals interesting differences in the concept of royal female sainthood in late medieval Byzantium and the West. Political a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Byzantion. - Fondation Byzantine et Néo-Grecque, 1924. - 77(2007) vom: Jan., Seite 315-344
1. Verfasser: Melicharová, Petra (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Byzantion
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Religion Social sciences Political science