Theodore II Laskaris' Eulogy for his Wife Elena, AD1224-1252

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The life of Elena Asanina, daughter of Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. She was the wife and empress of Theodore II Doukas Laskaris. Though facts about her life are quite sparse, Theodore, whose extensive works make him one of the great intellects of his age, dedicated his Twelfth chapter of his Moral Pieces to the memory of his dead wife.

Chapters:
00:00 Life of Elena Asanina - Chapter 1
04:47 Death of Elena Asanina - Chapter 2
07:04 Theodore II's Eulogy for Elena - Chapter 3
12:45 Epilogue

Bibliography:
Primary Sources
George Akropolites, The History, Translated by Ruth Macrides, (2007).
Theodore II, Letters
Theodore II, Moral Pieces

Scholarship
Angelov, D. (2019) The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor
Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge.
Angelov, D. (2013) 'Theodore II Laskaris, Elena Asenina and Bulgaria',
273-297.

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