During the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Zar’a Ya’eqob (1434-1468), promoted the cult of two Christian female figures to legitimize their religious policies and to exalt their own image within the monarchy. Spotlighted were the historical Queen Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine (272-237), and the biblical Virgin Mary. To justify their increasing involvement within religious affairs, the kings associated their own persons and images with these two feminine characters so as to enhance the sacral dimension of their power. In parallel, they organized and imposed the cults of these women by translating a variety of texts, dedicating to them holy days within the synaxarium, and developing an iconography ...
Dans une période considérée avec inexactitude comme « charnière », entre Antiquité et Moyen Âge, on ...
Les transformations qui interviennent en France à la suite des guerres de Religion modifient l’imbri...
In the Realm of Sicily, the religious patronage begun by the women of the dynasties Norman and Hohen...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Za...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Za...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Za...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceThis article is a detailed study of the change in the matrimonial practices of...
International audienceThis article is a detailed study of the change in the matrimonial practices of...
International audienceThis article is a detailed study of the change in the matrimonial practices of...
Las mujeres de las familias reales, reyes y princesas de la Britania postromana desempeñaron un pape...
Dans une période considérée avec inexactitude comme « charnière », entre Antiquité et Moyen Âge, on ...
Les transformations qui interviennent en France à la suite des guerres de Religion modifient l’imbri...
In the Realm of Sicily, the religious patronage begun by the women of the dynasties Norman and Hohen...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Za...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Za...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Dāwit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son Za...
International audienceDuring the 15th century, two kings, Da ̄wit (1379/80-1413) and his fourth son ...
International audienceThis article is a detailed study of the change in the matrimonial practices of...
International audienceThis article is a detailed study of the change in the matrimonial practices of...
International audienceThis article is a detailed study of the change in the matrimonial practices of...
Las mujeres de las familias reales, reyes y princesas de la Britania postromana desempeñaron un pape...
Dans une période considérée avec inexactitude comme « charnière », entre Antiquité et Moyen Âge, on ...
Les transformations qui interviennent en France à la suite des guerres de Religion modifient l’imbri...
In the Realm of Sicily, the religious patronage begun by the women of the dynasties Norman and Hohen...