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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0094-3037
- eISSN
- 1876-3308
- DOI
- 10.1163/187633093X00064
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Abstract
JAMES ROSS SWEENEY THE TRICKY QUEEN AND HER CLEVER LADY-IN-WAITING: STEALING THE CROWN TO SECURE SUCCESSION, VISEGRÁD 1440 The history of Hungary in the fifteenth century has been investigated by some of the most prestigious scholars of this century. This article is in- debted to the work of these specialists.' The complex interlocking web of high politics and the ideals of statecraft, the interwoven fortunes of adjacent realms in Central Europe - Bohemia, Austria, Poland, and Hungary - provide the broader context for the events analyzed here. The focus of this essay, however, is chronologically narrow, specifically the period from Octo- ber 27, 1439 to May 15, 1440. The subject, too, is limited to the actions, motives, and character of two women of contrasting talents and status. Elizabeth of Luxemburg, queen of Hungary and Bohemia, empress of Ger- many, duchess of Austria, and margravine of Moravia, was the last scion of a princely dynasty that since the early years of the fourteenth century had participated in shaping the political world of Europe. Her attendant and some time confidante, Helene Kottanerin, was the daughter of a member of the Viennese lesser nobility. At court, she functioned primarily as nurse-
Journal
East Central Europe – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1993