Naslov
Queen Helen and King Michael. A Beginning of a New Dynasty?

Autori
Budak, Neven

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
Aspice hunc opus mirum. Zbornik povodom sedamdesetog rođendana Nikole Jakšića

Urednik/ci
Josipović, Ivo ; Jurković, Miljenko

Izdavač
Međunarodni istraživački centar za kasnu antiku i srednji vijek (MICKAS) ; Sveučilište u Zadru

Grad
Zagreb : Zadar : Motovun

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
263-276

ISBN
978-953-8250-10-1

Ključne riječi
Queen Helen, St Helen, Michael Krešimir II, Croatia, Dalmatia, memory, politics of memory, epitaph, Benedictines, borders, Salona, Solin

Sažetak
Queen Helen is the single example of a Croatian queen about whom we have two independent sources: her epitaph and a mention by Thomas the Archdeacon of Split. Similarly, her husband, king Michael Krešimir II is also documented by his wife’s epitaph, by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, and a charter issued by his great-grandson Peter Krešimir IV. This cannot be accidental and the aim of this article is to argue that the ascendance of the royal couple to the Croatian throne meant the beginning of a new dynasty. This change was supported by the establishment of the memory of the couple through Helen’s foundation of a royal mausoleum and the composition of a book of deeds of the king and his descendants.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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