The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium.

The Historian | January 1, 1998| | Copyright

Edited by Adelbert Davids. (Cambridge. Cambridge University Press in association with the Institute for Eastern Christian Studies, 1995. Pp. xvi, 344. $59.95.)

Holy Roman Emperor Otto I wanted a Byzantine princess for his son, Otto II. After negotiations, which lasted about five years, Theophano arrived in Italy in 972. She married Otto II and acted as a capable regent for their son after Otto II died prematurely. Though she outlived her husband, Theophano also died relatively young in 991, and the regency passed into the equally capable hands of Adelaide, Otto I's ...

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