Pre-Owned The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500 (Paperback) 0521576237 9780521576239

This is a lively collection of ten 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. Their stories demonstrate the enterprise of some Byzantine women in the male-dominated society of their time.

Title: The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500 Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 0521576237 EAN: 9780521576239 Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.