Τάντσης, «Ισαβέλλα των Λουζινιάν στον Μυστρά» (2019)
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Τάντσης, «Ισαβέλλα των Λουζινιάν στον Μυστρά» (2019)

Anastasios Tantsis, “A princess from Thessaloniki in Mistras’ Court: Isabelle de Lusignan from Thessaloniki to Mistra” (article in Greek published in the magazine Themes in Archaeology 2019, 3 (1) pages: 52 – 71).
See also: https://www.academia.edu/40571371/
“The paper aims at clarifying the identity of Isabelle de Lusignan, wife to Manuel Cantakuzenos, Despot, Head of Mistra in the latter half of 14th c. Isabelle’s presence at Mistras’ court left behind churches, palaces and other material evidence connected to her. These artifactsshare characteristics of western taste a fact viewed as natural that solidifies the connection to Isabelle since she is considered a westerner of the French family of the Lusignans. A more detailed reading of her personal history reveals her as a princess more related to the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia, born by a mother of Byzantine-Orthodox origin and raised in Thessaloniki in the court of the Armenian Margarita-Rita, the Byzantine empress. Her ties to Thessaloniki are proven by the property she inherited from her father, Guy de Lusignan who had served as governor of Serres in Byzantium and later became King of Armenia as Constantine II. The analysis brings about the multicultural character of the multifaceted society in the SE Mediterranean after the time of the crusades and calls into question issues of “western taste” in the period’s material culture. Isabellestandsoutbecause of her origins from Byzantine Thessaloniki of the Paleologan period.”
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