Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- 14: The Administration of Constantinople
- 15: Philanthropic Institutions
- 16: Schools and Learning
- 17: Entertainment
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
17: - Entertainment
from Part IV - Institutions and Activities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- 14: The Administration of Constantinople
- 15: Philanthropic Institutions
- 16: Schools and Learning
- 17: Entertainment
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
Summary
Chapter 17, “Entertainment,” considers Constantinople as a nexus of social space, civic ceremony, commercial entertainment, and endless diversion where streets and plazas were regularly taken over by processions, churches and monasteries were filled with clergy and worshipers, and competitive games and performances took place in the open-air hippodrome.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 277 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
References
Further Reading
Boeck, E., “The Power of Amusement and the Amusement of Power: The Princely Frescoes of St Sophia, Kiev, and their Connections to the Byzantine World,” in Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After, ed. Alexiou, M. and Cairns, D. (Edinburgh, 2017), 243–62.Google Scholar
Dagron, G., L’hippodrome de Constantinople: Jeux, peuple et politique (Paris, 2011).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pitarakis, B., ed., Hippodrom/Atmeydanı: İstanbul’un Tarih Sahnesi [Hippodrome/Atmeydani: A Stage for Istanbul’s History] (Istanbul, 2010).Google Scholar
Puchner, W., “Acting in the Byzantine Theater: Evidence and Problems,” in Greek and Roman Actors: Aspects of an Ancient Profession, ed. Easterling, P. and Hall, E. (Cambridge, 2002), 304–24.Google Scholar
Roueché, Ch., “Entertainments, Theatre, and Hippodrome,” in Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies, ed. Jeffreys, E., Haldon, J., and Cormack, R. (Oxford, 2008), 677–84.Google Scholar