HIB049b Nevěsta-cizinka, prostřednice a zbožná žena: císařovna v pozdní Byzanci (13. - 15. st.)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Melichar, PhD (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Melichar, PhD
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 B1.41, except Mon 13. 11.
Prerequisites
passive knowledge of foreign languages (ideally English, French and German and others)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 14/22, only registered: 0/22, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
The goal of the seminar is to acquaint students with the lives, and social and ritual roles of the wives of the late Byzantine emperors. On the examples of individual princesses we will, for example, inquire into the problems of a foreign princess, what possibilities opened to an empress desiring educatio and what was expected from a lady in her position. We will also inquire into the ceremonies connected with the arrival of the new empress and consider how these women impacted political events of late Byzantium and vice versa.
Learning outcomes
-understand important issues connected with women of the late Byzantine court -understand the connections between the lives of these privileged women and contemporary events -describe the rituals associated with the lives of empresses -understand the basic context of late Byzantine history
Syllabus
  • Syllabus 25.9. Introductory lesson 2.10 Theodore Palaiologin: the question of the Orthodox faith 9.10. Irene-Yolanda: the problems of a foreign empress 23.10. Rita-Maria of Armenia and Irene Adelheid: the situation of the Empress Dowager 30.10. Anna of Savoy, regent of the empire, foreigner on the throne: woman and power in Byzantium 6.11. Irene Kantakouzena - Empress usurper (?) and her daughter-in-law Irene Kantakouzena: the advantages of princesses of Byzantine origin 20.11. Helena Palaiologina - educated empress between two dynasties: woman and education in  Byzantium 27.11. Mary of Bulgaria - Empress in mistress and her daughter-in-law Irene Gattilusio: princess and religious life 4.12. Helena Dragash - Empress at the end of the empire: education and relations within the imperial family 11.12. Anna of Muscovy, Sophia of Monteferrat, Marie of Trapezunt - the three wives of John VIII 18.12. Arrival of imperial brides in Constantinople and their integration into Byzantine society
Teaching methods
discussion, work with primary sources, lecture
Assessment methods
presentation, in-class participation and test
Language of instruction
Czech
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