The Memoirs of Helene Kottanner (1439-1440)

Name: The Memoirs of Helene Kottanner (1439-1440)
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By Helene Kottannerin

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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 royal stronghold 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 inner world of a late-medieval woman.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 92
Release Date:: 1998-05-01
Publication Date:: 1998-04-16
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0859914623
ISBN13:: 9780859914628
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 128 g
Height:: 14 cm
Width:: 21.6 cm
Thickness:: 0.5 cm

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