Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2818
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Kianka , Frances.
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  • Title: The Letters of Demetrios Kydones to Empress Helena Kantakouzene Palaiologina [The author explores the relationship between the career government official and the empress as reflected in his letters. She was his literary patron and gave him good political advice when he was out of favor at court. Includes translations and commentaries on six letters from Kydones. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source URL: Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 155-164. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info target = '_blank'>Dumbarton Oaks Papers (Full Text via JSTOR) 46 (1992): 155-164. Homo Byzantinus: Papers in Honor of Alexander Kazhdan. Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article;Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Byzantium Empresses Helena Kantakouzene Palaiologina, Wife of John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor Kydones, Demetrios, Scholar Learning and Scholarship Letters Patronage, Literary Politics
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Dumbarton Oaks
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00707546
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