Month: January 2023

Philip of Swabia (1177-1208) was the last son of the German King Frederick Hohenstaufen «Barbarossa» and his darling spouse Beatrice, Countess of …

THE GREEK HOHENSTAUFEN QUEEN: PHILIP OF SWABIA AND IRENE OF BYZANTIUM

During the years when Andronikos III Palaiologos, grandson of Andronikos II (also known as the Elder Basileus), ruled the empire of the Romans (1328-…

THE TALE OF THE SCYTHIAN WOMAN, A STORY OF INGRATITUDE FROM 14TH CENTURY BYZANTIUM.