This is a lively collection of 10 short, annotated and illustrated biographies of aristocratic ladies of the final years of the Byzantine Empire. Some were ambitious mothers, others, unhappy wives, some were nuns or scholars, one became the wife of a Turkish sultan and the stepmother of a famous son, another the champion of the Greek refugees in Venice after the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453.
This is a lively collection of 10 short, annotated and illustrated biographies of aristocratic ladies of the final years of the Byzantine Empire. Some were ambitious mothers, others, unhappy wives, some were nuns or scholars, one became the wife of a Turkish sultan and the stepmother of a famous son, another the champion of the Greek refugees in Venice after the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453.
Introduction; 1. Helena Doukaina Queen of the Two Sicilies 1258-1266; 2. Thamar Princess of Taranto 1294-1309; 3. Theodora Raoulaina nun and scholar c. 1240-1300; 4. Eirene Palaiologina (Yolanda of Montferrat) Empress 1288/9-1317; 5. Eirene-Eulogia Choumnaina Palaiologina princess and abbess died c. 1355; 6. Eirene Asenina Cantucuzene Empress 1347-1354; 7. Anna of Savoy regent and Empress 1341-c. 1365; 8. Anna Notaras Palaiologina died 1507; 9. Mara Brankovic of Serbia Sultanina c. 1412-1476; 10. Helena Cantacuzene Kommene Empress of Trebizond died c. 1463.
Introduction; 1. Helena Doukaina Queen of the Two Sicilies 1258-1266; 2. Thamar Princess of Taranto 1294-1309; 3. Theodora Raoulaina nun and scholar c. 1240-1300; 4. Eirene Palaiologina (Yolanda of Montferrat) Empress 1288/9-1317; 5. Eirene-Eulogia Choumnaina Palaiologina princess and abbess died c. 1355; 6. Eirene Asenina Cantucuzene Empress 1347-1354; 7. Anna of Savoy regent and Empress 1341-c. 1365; 8. Anna Notaras Palaiologina died 1507; 9. Mara Brankovic of Serbia Sultanina c. 1412-1476; 10. Helena Cantacuzene Kommene Empress of Trebizond died c. 1463.
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