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1 - Ecclesiastical Policies and the Sociohistorical Context of the Early Palaiologan Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

Maria Alessia Rossi
Maria Alessia Rossi
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Princeton University, New Jersey
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Chapter 1 sets the critical stage for the exponential increase of the iconography of Christ’s miracles by providing the contemporary sociopolitical, historical, and religious context. I focus specifically on the results of the shift from the Unionist policy of Andronikos II’s father, Michael VIII, to the empowerment of the Orthodox Church pursued by Andronikos himself. Miracles play an intriguing role in the theological debates and justifications for the reinstatement of Orthodoxy under Andronikos. The period of religious fervor and intellectual flourishing that the emperor enabled during his long reign formed the fertile environment in which the new miracle iconography could develop.

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Christ’s miracleslate Byzantiumearly Palaiologan periodAndronikos IIMichael VIIIOrthodox ChurchUnion of the ChurchesConstantinopleNikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos
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Visualizing Christ's Miracles in Late Byzantium
Art, Theology, and Court Culture
 , pp. 17 - 34
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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