There have been many women in history who have remained nameless. The Kingdom of Rus has its first share of Queens without a name. Kyivan Rus’ found its centre in Kyiv and could be found in Eastern Europe from the 9th century until the 13th century.
Name Unknown: The Life of a Rusian Queen by Christian Raffensperger follows the lives of these unnamed Queens through the various stages of their lives. We get tantalising close to these women as sources reveal their generosity, charitable acts, the children they had, and the men they married, while the sources never reveal their names.
The book is easy to read despite hardly any of the women having names. It is certainly an interesting way to look at these women, and they might have otherwise remained overlooked for many more years.
Name Unknown: The Life of a Rusian Queen by Christian Raffensperger is available now in the UK and the US.
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