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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.

Pubblicato
22 Dicembre 2023
Accettato
30 Ottobre 2023
Presentato
17 Settembre 2023
Lingua
EN
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-771-5

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

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/004

Copyright: © 2023 Giulia D'Albenzio. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.