Is there any room on the Bosporus for a Latin lady?
Is there any room on the Bosporus for a Latin lady?

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to create a collective portrait of the Latin spouses of the Emperors from the Palaiologian dynasty. It draws attention to the “marriage geography” and argues that Constantinople used its matrimonial policy in order to “buy off” the Latins. According to the author, religious divisions were not so important. The European elite exchanged their children within the world dominated by Christian culture.

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