Empresses of Constantinople

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography, History

Authors: Joseph Martin McCabe In Year : 1913

Book Language: English

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Preface
Verina and Her Daughters, part 1
Verina and Her Daughters, part 2
The Early Life of Theodora
The Empress Theodora
Sophia
Martina
The Most Pious Irene, part 1
The Most Pious Irene, part 2
Saint Theodora, part 1
Saint Theodora, part 2
The Wives of Leo the Philosopher
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (Theophano), part 1
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (Theophano), part 2
Two Imperial Sisters (Zoe and Theodora), part 1
Two Imperial Sisters (Zoe and Theodora), part 2
Eudocia
Irene and Anna Comnena, part 1
Irene and Anna Comnena, part 2
A Breath of Chivalry (1140-1185), part 1
A Breath of Chivalry (1140-1185), part 2
Euphrosyne Ducaena, part 1
Euphrosyne Ducaena, part 2
The New Constantinople, part 1
The New Constantinople, part 2
Irene of Montferrat
Maria of Armenia
Anna of Savoy, part 1
Anna of Savoy, part 2
The Last Byzantine Empresses, part 1
The Last Byzantine Empresses, part 2

In concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the gallery of fair and frail ladies closed, we stood at the door of “the long, quaint gallery of the Byzantine Empresses.” It seemed natural and desirable to pass on to this more interesting and less familiar series of the mistresses of the eastern Roman Empire, and the present volume will therefore tell the story of the Empresses, or Queens, as they preferred to be called, who occupied the throne set up by Constantine in New Rome, or ancient Byzantium. (Summary taken from the author's introduction)