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Download or read book Theodora written by David Stone Potter and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative portrait of one of the ancient world's most intriguing and powerful women.Despite very humble beginnings, Theodora rose to become empress of the Byzantine Empire at the acme of its power and influence. Raised in a family of circus performers in Constantinople, she later caught the attention of the future emperor Justinian while performing as a courtesan. The two weremarried soon thereafter, to the shock of the ruling elite. When Justinian assumed power in AD 527, they ruled the Empire together until her death twenty years later.Their reign was the most celebrated in Byzantine history, bringing wealth, prestige, and even much of the Italian peninsula back to the Empire. As Justinian's most trusted advisor, she discernibly influenced his rule. Her interest in social causes, for example, is seen in added legal protections forwomen and the lower classes. Theodora's most lasting impact was her unwavering support for the Christian sect of Monophysitism. Although her husband was orthodox, Theodora maintained her religious independence at considerable risk to herself. In Syria today, where the sect still thrives, she isrevered as a saint.In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, renowned historian David Potter provides a fresh new account of her fascinating life and times. He penetrates the highly biased writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft the most authoritative andengaging biography of Theodora to date. It will be of interest to all readers of women's history and ancient history.
Book Synopsis Theodora and the Emperor by : Harold Lamb
Download or read book Theodora and the Emperor written by Harold Lamb and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 1977-12-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theodora and the Emperor by : Harold Lamb
Download or read book Theodora and the Emperor written by Harold Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible that a peasant and a circus girl could come to rule the Roman world? This is the strange tale of the harlot empress Theodora - the eerie beauty whose name stands in history beside Helen of Troy and Cleopatra. The daughter of a circus performer, a footloose vagabond and harlot, whose fierce ambition drove her from man to man until she finally married Justinian, a man of most humble origins who would become one of the greatest emperors of the ancient world!
Download or read book Theodora written by Paolo Cesaretti and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a gripping, long-overdue biography of one of the most intriguing and powerful female figures of Western history: Theodora of Byzantium. Ruthlessly criticized and reviled by her contemporaries, Theodora, the beautiful wife of Emperor Justinian, began her life as the daughter of a bear-keeper and rose to be Justinian's partner in politics as well as in life, ruling from 527 to 548. She stood by his side in Constantinople as he built a ôsecond Rome,ö waging battles against the Goths and Vandals, quelling nationalist unrest in Egypt, and suppressing a rebellion at their doorstep by mercilessly slaughtering 30,000 in Constantinople's stadium. Theodora's political savvy saved Justinian's empire time and time again. When the European editions of Theodora were published, it was hailed as the ôBook of the Year.ö Author Paolo Cesaretti received the Ginzano Cavour Prize for sifting through a vast range of documentary material to deliver a richly entertaining story of an ambitious and cunning woman who defied the conventions of her time and triumphed over those who sought to defame and destroy her.
Book Synopsis Justinian and Theodora by : Robert Browning
Download or read book Justinian and Theodora written by Robert Browning and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1971 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Browning's "Justinian and Theodora" is both a biography of two forceful and enigmatic personalities -- the peasant's son who became Emperor and the bear-keeper's daughter who was his Empress -- and a history of one of the key epochs in the formation of modern Europe. Justinian's dream was to re-create the Christian Roman Empire of Constantine; his achievement -- at the price of impoverishment in the East and devastation in the West -- was to regain Africa and Italy from the Germanic tribes that had established their monarchies there. For nearly half a century, Justinian wrestled with a complex of problems posed by the Empire, aided and occasionally frustrated by his passionate and unscrupulous consort. In evaluating Justinian, the author substantiates the conclusion of an early scholar, namely, that Justinian intended his reign to inaugurate a great era while it in fact marked the end of one. The color plates, as well as the numerous black-and-white illustrations, show the persons, places, and works of art that figure in this historical period, providing the visual background to a brilliant and sophisticated age. -- From publisher's description.
Book Synopsis The Secret History by : Stephanie Thornton
Download or read book The Secret History written by Stephanie Thornton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Theodora went, trouble followed…. In sixth-century Constantinople, one woman, Theodora, defied every convention and all the odds and rose from common theater tart to empress of a great kingdom, the most powerful woman the Roman Empire would ever know. The woman whose image was later immortalized in glittering mosaic was a scrappy, clever, conniving, flesh-and-blood woman full of sensuality and spirit whose real story is as surprising as any ever told…. After her father dies suddenly, Theodora and her sisters face starvation and a life on the streets. Determined to survive, Theodora makes a living any way she can—first on her back with every man who will have her, then on the stage in a scandalous dramatization of her own invention. When her daring performance grants her a backdoor entry into the halls of power, she seizes the chance to win a wealthy protector—only to face heartbreak and betrayal. Ever resilient, Theodora rises above such trials and, by a twist of fate, meets her most passionate admirer yet: the emperor’s nephew. She thrives as his confidant and courtesan, but many challenges lie ahead. For one day this man will hand her a crown. And all the empire will wonder—is she bold enough, shrewd enough, and strong enough to keep it? READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Book Synopsis Byzantine Empresses by : Lynda Garland
Download or read book Byzantine Empresses written by Lynda Garland and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. It presents and analyses the available historical data in order to outline what these empresses did, what the sources thought they did, and what they wanted to do.
Download or read book Justinian written by George Philip Baker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how Emperor Justinian (482-565 A.D.) and his wife, Empress Theodora, both infamous, he for corruption and she for sexual depravity, fought revolts, riots, intrigues, and plots in an attempt to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory and to its former boundaries.
Book Synopsis The Empress Theodora by : James Allan Evans
Download or read book The Empress Theodora written by James Allan Evans and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of the burlesqe actress who became the trusted partner of Byzantine emperor Justinian in both marriage and government affairs.
Book Synopsis L'Impératrice du Bas-Empire [Theodora, Consort of Justinian I., Emperor of the East]. by : Benjamin Gastineau
Download or read book L'Impératrice du Bas-Empire [Theodora, Consort of Justinian I., Emperor of the East]. written by Benjamin Gastineau and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Transmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds by :
Download or read book Transmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds seeks to be a crucial contribution to the history of medieval connectedness.
Book Synopsis Die Frauen Der Theodosianischen Dynastie by : Anja Busch
Download or read book Die Frauen Der Theodosianischen Dynastie written by Anja Busch and published by Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studien zur Rolle der Kaiserinnen der Spatantike konzentrierten sich lange auf einige wenige Einzelfiguren, die aufgrund eines aussergewohnlichen Lebenslaufs oder der Quellenlage besonderes Interesse auf sich zogen wie etwa Galla Placidia. Die spatere Forschung versuchte, die spezifische Rolle der Kaiserinnen innerhalb des spatantiken, christlichen Kaisertums zu bestimmen. Nach wie vor galt das Interesse dieser Studien den prominenteren kaiserlichen Frauenfiguren dieser Zeit. Auch "Die Frauen der theodosianischen Dynastie" steht in dieser jungeren Forschungstradition, lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit aber auch auf einige sonst weniger beachtete weibliche Angehorige des sich zunehmend nach Ost und West unterscheidenden romischen Kaisertums. Dabei untersucht Anja Busch zunachst in chronologischer Ordnung die individuellen Rollen der kaiserlichen Frauen basierend auf dem Konzept der "politischen Kommunikation", wobei sich die Einzelstudien jeweils an der erkenntnisleitenden Frage nach Reprasentation und Rezeption von Macht und spatantiker christlicher Herrschaft orientieren. Die so gewonnenen Ergebnisse werden in einem zweiten Teil systematisch analysiert. Damit liegt erstmals eine umfassende Studie zu den kaiserlichen Frauen vor, die im Detail wie konzeptionell uber fruhere Forschungen zu den Kaiserinnen der theodosianischen Dynastie hinauskommt.
Book Synopsis The Emperor's Marble Pavement by : S. W. Douglas
Download or read book The Emperor's Marble Pavement written by S. W. Douglas and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emperor's Marble Pavement, the second of four novels about the fall of Constantinople, finds Niccolo Gritti and Demetrius Alexandrou plunged in the turmoil of a city on war's brink, their friendship complicated by the presence of Theodora, Demetrius' pious sister and the prostitute Cinnamon. Now in the Emperor's service, Niccolo must make accommodation with an embattled Venetian merchant colony. The struggle between Constantine's supporters and those who would appease the Ottomans climaxes in the infamous Service of Union in Hagia Sophia. Then Demetrius disappears, a victim of his peace-party enemies. Niccolo goes in pursuit and the friends are reunited in the Turkish court, under the cynical eye of Mehmet II. Here, courtesy of Nestor-Iskander, a Christian fanatic in the Sultan's service, they witness the Ottoman siege train's ominous preparations before fleeing back to Constantinople. In The Emperor's Marble Pavement, the cross-currents of personal and historical destiny take on new turbulence.
Book Synopsis The Emperor Theophilos and the East, 829–842 by : Juan Signes Codoñer
Download or read book The Emperor Theophilos and the East, 829–842 written by Juan Signes Codoñer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern historiography has become accustomed to portraying the emperor Theophilos of Byzantium (829-842) in a favourable light, taking at face value the legendary account that makes of him a righteous and learned ruler, and excusing as ill fortune his apparent military failures against the Muslims. The present book considers events of the period that are crucial to our understanding of the reign and argues for a more balanced assessment of it. The focus lies on the impact of Oriental politics on the reign of Theophilos, the last iconoclast emperor. After introductory chapters, setting out the context in which he came to power, separate sections are devoted to the influence of Armenians at the court, the enrolment of Persian rebels against the caliphate in the Byzantine army, the continuous warfare with the Arabs and the cultural exchange with Baghdad, the Khazar problem, and the attitude of the Christian Melkites towards the iconoclast emperor. The final chapter reassesses the image of the emperor as a good ruler, building on the conclusions of the previous sections. The book reinterprets major events of the period and their chronology, and sets in a new light the role played by figures like Thomas the Slav, Manuel the Armenian or the Persian Theophobos, whose identity is established from a better understanding of the sources.
Book Synopsis The Age of Justinian and Theodora by : William Gordon Holmes
Download or read book The Age of Justinian and Theodora written by William Gordon Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Who in the World Was The Acrobatic Empress?: The Story of Theodora (Who in the World) by : Robin Phillips
Download or read book Who in the World Was The Acrobatic Empress?: The Story of Theodora (Who in the World) written by Robin Phillips and published by Peace Hill Press. This book was released on 2006-04-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the intriguing story of Empress Theodora in this junior-level biography from Peace Hill Press. The Emperor Justinian could not decide what to do. His people were rioting. An angry mob poured through the streets, looting, setting fires, and destroying houses and taverns. If they reached the palace, they might kill him. Justinian's trusted advisers pressed him to run to the port and sail away, giving up his throne to save his life. He turned and looked at his wife, the wisest person in the room. What would she, the Empress Theodora, urge him to do? Outstanding illustrations from Jeff West complement the fabulous story, giving second-grade readers insight into the life of this 6th century ruler. About the series: The classical curriculum introduces even the youngest student to the pleasures of true learning. Elementary students learn history not through predigested textbooks with multiple-choice answers, but through reading the stories of history. Unfortunately, biographies of great men and women of the past are almost all written for older students, limiting the ability of young students to explore history through reading. Libraries are crammed with biographies written for high school students and adults—while beginning readers are provided with a shelf full of junior-level books about football players, NASCAR drivers, and movie stars. Now, Peace Hill Press puts real history back into the grasp of the youngest historians with the Who in the World Biography Series. The first entries in the series provide young readers and their parents and teachers with biographies of great men and women of the Middle Ages. Designed to be used as part of The Story of the World curriculum, these biographies give beginning historians in grades 2–4 a chance to explore beyond the textbook. An audio version is also available separately.
Download or read book The Secret History written by Procopius and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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