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Record Number:
8178
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Ciggaar , K.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Theophano: An Empress Reconsidered [evaluates contemporary accounts of Theophano, both positive and negative ; among the latter is a German nun's vision of Theophano in purgatory and numerous complaints about her love of foreign luxury].
Source:
The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium. Edited by Adelbert Davids. Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pages 49 - 63.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Byzantium
Empresses
Historiography
Patronage, Ecclesiastical
Theophano, Wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France;Germany
Century:
10-11
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
One figure. Tenth century Byzantine ivory of the Crucifixion now in the Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Table:
Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
University of Leyden
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0521452961