The Empress Theophano
Subtitle: Byzantium and the West at the turn of the first millennium
By: edited by Adelbert Davids.
Contributors: Davids, Adelbert.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Theophano, Empress, consort of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, 955-991 -- Congresses; Empresses -- Holy Roman Empire -- Biography -- Congresses; Holy Roman Empire -- Relations -- Byzantine Empire -- Congresses; Byzantine Empire -- Relations -- Holy Roman Empire -- Congresses
Description: The Byzantine princess Theophano, who came to the West in 972 to marry the Ottonian emperor Otto II, died as empress of the Ottonian empire in Nijmegen in 991. In commemoration of this event a group of distinguished scholars met in 1991 at the castle of Hernen in the Netherlands with the aim of discussing various issues and aspects of Theophano's background in Byzantium, her life in the West, and her impact on society at the turn of the first millennium.

This volume brings together in carefully edited form a group of the papers and proceedings from 1991. Each contribution helps to place Theophano in a broad cultural and historical context. The historical, intellectual and artistic background of her age is described, and there are essays on her education, her surroundings, and the image of noble women in the Middle Ages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers presented at a symposium held at the Castle of Hernen in the Netherlands in May 1991.