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Eye-witness account of the theft of the crown of St Stephen in 15c Hungary.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 royalstronghold 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 innerworld of a late-medieval woman.

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The Memoirs of Helene Kottanner 14391440

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      Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
      Publication Date: 16/04/1998
      ISBN13: 9780859914628, 978-0859914628
      ISBN10: 0859914623
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Eye-witness account of the theft of the crown of St Stephen in 15c Hungary.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 royalstronghold 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 innerworld of a late-medieval woman.

      Trade Review
      Important text [now] accessible to an English-language readership... lucid translation. * YEAR'S WORK IN MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES *

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