| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Verina and her Daughters | 1 |
| II. | The Early Life of Theodora | 21 |
| III. | The Empress Theodora | 36 |
| IV. | Sophia | 52 |
| V. | Martina | 67 |
| VI. | The most pious Irene | 81 |
| VII. | Saint Theodora | 101 |
| VIII. | The Wives of Leo the Philosopher | 120 |
| IX. | The Tavern-keeper’s Daughter | 136 |
| X. | Two Imperial Sisters | 158 |
| XI. | Eudocia | 181 |
| XII. | Irene and Anna Comnena | 197 |
| XIII. | A Breath of Chivalry | 218 |
| XIV. | Euphrosyne Ducæena | 238 |
| XV. | The New Constantinople | 257 |
| XVI. | Irene of Montferrat | 276 |
| XVII. | Maria of Armenia | 287 |
| XVIII. | Anna of Savoy | 298 |
| XIX. | The Last Byzantine Empresses | 317 |