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 the 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 perspective,
focusing on its co-founder, Empress Piroska-Eirene, the daughter of
the Hungarian king Ladislaus I. This particular vantage point
enables its authors to explore not only the architecture, the
monastic and medical functions of the complex, but also
Hungarian-Byzantine relations, the cultural and religious history
of early medieval Hungary, imperial representation, personal faith
and dynastic holiness. Piroska's wedding with John Komnenos came to
be perceived as a union of East and West. The life of the Empress,
a "sainted ruler," and her memory in early Arpadian Hungary and
Komnenian Byzantium are discussed in the context of women and
power, monastic foundations, architectural innovations, and
spiritual models.
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