The Empresses Of Constantinople: (illustrated Edition)

  • Autor: Joseph McCabe
  • Editora: iOnlineShopping.com
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Biography of famous Empresses of Constantinople 



Contents    

Verina and her daughters -- The early life of Theodora -- The Empress Theodora -- Sophia -- Martina -- The most pious Irene -- Saint Theodora -- The wives of Leo the Philosopher -- The tavern-keeper's daughter [Theophano] -- Two imperial sisters [Zoe and Theodora] -- Eudocia -- Irene and Anna Comnena -- A breath of chivalry -- Euphrosyne Ducæena -- The new Constantinople -- Irene of Montferrat -- Maria of Armenia -- Anna of Savoy -- The last Byzantine Empresses.