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Piroska and the Pantokrator : dynastic memory, healing and salvation in Komnenian Constantinople / edited by Marianne Sághy and Robert Ousterhout. - Budapest : CEU Department of Medieval Studies ; (c)2019. New York : Central European University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - CEU MEDIEVALIA, 1587-6470 ; 19 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



ISBN: 9633862973 9789633862971

Subjects--Personal Names:
Irene, Empress, consort of John II Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 1088-1134.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Pantokrator Monastery (Istanbul, Turkey)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Monasteries--History.--Turkey--Istanbul
Empresses--Byzantine Empire--Biography.
Emperors--Byzantine Empire--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: BX385 / .P576 2019