TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sághy,Marianne
TI  - Piroska and the Pantokrator: dynastic memory, healing and salvation in Komnenian Constantinople 
T2  - CEU MEDIEVALIA,
SN  - 9633862973
AV  - BX385 .P576 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Budapest
PB  - CEU Department of Medieval Studies
KW  - Irene,
KW  - Pantokrator Monastery (Istanbul, Turkey)
KW  - Monasteries
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Istanbul
KW  - History
KW  - Empresses
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Biography
KW  - Emperors
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - 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
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