The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500 (Canto original series) [Paperback]

Donald M. Nicol (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Canto original series | Publication Date: July 13, 1996

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'... highly readable book.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

'... construct[s] in vivid detail the history of the Paelaeologan epoch.' Anglo-Hellenic Review

Book Description

Some were ambitious mothers, others unhappy wives or nuns or scholars... A lively collection of ten concise illustrated biographies of aristocratic ladies of the Byzantine empire demonstrates the enterprise of Byzantine women in the male-dominated society of their time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 13, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521576237
• ISBN-13: 978-0521576239
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,452,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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