TY - BOOK ID - 78071640 TI - Divine Heiress PY - 1994 SN - 1134862784 1134862792 1280331402 9780203303091 0203303091 0203036174 9780203036174 9780415096775 0415096774 9781134862795 9781280331404 0415096774 9781134862788 9780203303092 9786610331406 6610331405 9781134862740 9780415642965 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Christianity and culture KW - Hymns, Greek KW - History KW - History and criticism. KW - Mary, KW - ʻAdhrāʼ KW - Arogyamata KW - Ārōkkiyamāta KW - Birhen ng mga Dukha KW - Blessed Lady KW - Blessed Mother KW - Blessed Virgin Mary, KW - Hagnē Theotokos KW - Madonna, The KW - Mama Mary KW - Mare de Déu KW - Maria, KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin KW - Marie, KW - Marie Théotokos KW - Marii︠a︡, KW - Maryam, KW - Maryja, KW - Meryem Ana KW - Miryam, KW - Mother of God KW - Muíre, KW - Nossa Senhora KW - Our Lady KW - Our Lady of Good Health KW - Our Lady of Sorrows KW - Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament KW - Qiddīsah Maryam KW - Theotokos KW - Vierge Marie, KW - Virgen María KW - Virgin Mary, KW - Virgin of the Poor KW - Ynang Maria KW - مريم KW - مريم العذراء KW - 성모마리아 KW - Our Lady of Emmitsburg KW - Majka Isusova KW - Devotion to KW - Orthodox Eastern Church KW - Istanbul (Turkey) KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Stamboul (Turkey) KW - Stampōl (Turkey) KW - Stambul (Turkey) KW - Stěmpol (Turkey) KW - T︠S︡arigrad (Turkey) KW - Istāmbūl (Turkey) KW - T︠S︡arʹgrad (Turkey) KW - Āsitānah (Turkey) KW - Ḳushṭa (Turkey) KW - İstanbul Büyük Şehir Belediyesi (Turkey) KW - Greater Istanbul Municipality (Turkey) KW - İstanbul Anakent Belediyesi (Turkey) KW - İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Turkey) KW - Polē (Turkey) KW - Estambul (Turkey) KW - Baladīyat Isṭānbūl (Turkey) KW - Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey) KW - Constantinople KW - Church history. KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin, KW - Meryem Ana, KW - Virgen María, KW - Ynang Maria, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78071640 AB - Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople.Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess tr ER -