Reinventing the Capital:: The Ideological Use of Monumental Architecture in Michael VIII Palaiologos’ Constantinople (1261–1282)

Jessica Varsallona

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Reinventing the Capital: The Ideological Use of Monumental Architecture in Michael VIII Palaiologos’ Constantinople (1261–1282)

Jessica Varsallona

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After the recapture of Constantinople (1261), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259–82) reshaped the city through extensive building activities. Though scholars have previously considered the involvement of Emperor Michael in the urban restoration of the capital, no attention has been devoted to the links between the different aspects of this programme of renewal. This paper advocates for the presence of an ambitious and systematic urban plan behind Michael VIII’s commissions focussed on the restoration of the southern shore of Constantinople and related to the political, religious, ideological, and aesthetic policies of the emperor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	155-177
Number of pages	23
Journal	Eurasian Studies
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/24685623-12340113
Publication status	Published - 7 Dec 2021

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Constantinople
architecture
topography
monuments
Michael VIII
Palaiologoi

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