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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19226
dc.contributor.author	D'Albenzio Giulia
dc.title	Beyond the Image of Submission. At the Origin of the Distorted Portrait of the Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos (r. 1354-91) in the Latin West
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This article explores the origin of the distorted image of the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos (r. 1354-91) in the Latin West. It opens with an examination of a submissive iconographic representation of John V in a seventeenth/eighteenth-century Venetian painting. The second section reflects on the initial stages of negative deformation that this emperor’s portrait underwent in historiography. The rationale behind these distortions seems to be closely linked to John V’s adherence to, then rejection of the Latin faith: in 1369, he converted to Latin Christianity, but over time his conversion came to be no longer considered valid.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2023-10-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-771-5/beyond-the-image-of-submission/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/004
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-771-5
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Byzantine Empire
dc.subject	Byzantine empire
dc.subject	Distorted portrait
dc.subject	Historiographical bias
dc.subject	John V Palaiologos
dc.subject	Latin faith
dc.subject	Religious submission

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Beyond the Image of Submission

At the Origin of the Distorted Portrait of the Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos (r. 1354-91) in the Latin West

Giulia D'Albenzio Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

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This article explores the origin of the distorted image of the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos (r. 1354-91) in the Latin West. It opens with an examination of a submissive iconographic representation of John V in a seventeenth/eighteenth-century Venetian painting. The second section reflects on the initial stages of negative deformation that this emperor’s portrait underwent in historiography. The rationale behind these distortions seems to be closely linked to John V’s adherence to, then rejection of the Latin faith: in 1369, he converted to Latin Christianity, but over time his conversion came to be no longer considered valid.

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Dec. 22, 2023

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Oct. 30, 2023

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Sept. 17, 2023

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978-88-6969-771-5

Keywords: Byzantine empire • Distorted portrait • Historiographical bias • John V Palaiologos • Religious submission • Byzantine Empire • Latin faith

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