The Empresses of Constantinople

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE EMPRESSES OF CONSTANTINOPLE

CHAPTER I VERINA AND HER DAUGHTERS

CHAPTER II THE EARLY LIFE OF THEODORA

CHAPTER III THE EMPRESS THEODORA

CHAPTER IV SOPHIA

CHAPTER V MARTINA

CHAPTER VI THE MOST PIOUS IRENE

CHAPTER VII SAINT THEODORA

CHAPTER VIII THE WIVES OF LEO THE PHILOSOPHER

CHAPTER IX THE TAVERN-KEEPER'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER X TWO IMPERIAL SISTERS

CHAPTER XI EUDOCIA

CHAPTER XII IRENE AND ANNA COMNENA

CHAPTER XIII A BREATH OF CHIVALRY

CHAPTER XIV EUPHROSYNE DUCAENA

CHAPTER XV THE NEW CONSTANTINOPLE

CHAPTER XVI IRENE OF MONTFERRAT

CHAPTER XVII MARIA OF ARMENIA

CHAPTER XVIII ANNA OF SAVOY

CHAPTER XIX THE LAST BYZANTINE EMPRESSES

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber's Note

Title: The Empresses of Constantinople

Author: Joseph McCabe

Language: English

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THE
EMPRESSES OF CONSTANTINOPLE

ANCIENT CONSTANTINOPLE, SHOWING THE HIPPODROME, THE IMPERIAL PALACE, AND THE MOSQUE OF S. SOPHIA

FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION BY DJELAL ESSAD AFTER THE PLAN BY LABARTE

THE EMPRESSES OF
CONSTANTINOPLE

BY
JOSEPH McCABE

AUTHOR OF
“THE EMPRESSES OF ROME,” ETC.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS

ARTI et VERITATI (Publisher's Logo)

RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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