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Memoirs of Helene Kottanner (1439-1440)

Maya Bijvoet Williamson
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      Eye-witness account of the theft of the crown of St Stephen in 15c Hungary.Helene Kottanner was servant and confidante of the widowed Queen Elizabeth of Hungary (1409-1442). This is her first-person account of the part she played in the theft of the holy crown of St Stephen from the treasury of the royalstronghold Visegrad on 20 February, 1440, when the crown was smuggled out of the stronghold hidden in a pillow. It was immediately rushed on a sled to the queen, who within hours of its arrival at her castle in Komorn was delivered of a baby boy, Ladislaus Posthumous (1440-1457), who was crowned king of Hungary three months later. Helene Kottanner's account is unconsciously revealing about herself and her ambitions, allowing a rare glimpse into the innerworld of a late-medieval woman.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Maya Bijvoet Williamson EAN: 9780859914628 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Boydell & Brewer Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Medieval WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      Hungary, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Literary essays, Gender studies: women and girls, European history: medieval period, middle ages

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      Eye-witness account of the theft of the crown of St Stephen in 15c Hungary.Helene Kottanner was servant and confidante of the widowed Queen Elizabeth of Hungary (1409-1442). This is her first-person account of the part she played in the theft of the holy crown of St Stephen from the treasury of the royalstronghold Visegrad on 20 February, 1440, when the crown was smuggled out of the stronghold hidden in a pillow. It was immediately rushed on a sled to the queen, who within hours of its arrival at her castle in Komorn was delivered of a baby boy, Ladislaus Posthumous (1440-1457), who was crowned king of Hungary three months later. Helene Kottanner's account is unconsciously revealing about herself and her ambitions, allowing a rare glimpse into the innerworld of a late-medieval woman.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Maya Bijvoet Williamson EAN: 9780859914628 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Boydell & Brewer Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Medieval WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      Hungary, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Literary essays, Gender studies: women and girls, European history: medieval period, middle ages

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