The Empresses Of Constantinople With Eight Illustrations
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The Empresses Of Constantinople With Eight Illustrations
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Author : Joseph McCabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
The Empresses Of Constantinople With Eight Illustrations written by Joseph McCabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with categories.
The Empresses Of Constantinople
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Author : Joseph McCabe
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-03
The Empresses Of Constantinople written by Joseph McCabe and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-03 with History categories.
Joseph McCabe brings us another book chronicling the empresses of the Classic and Medieval Era, which in this particular publication, focuses on the rise and fall of Constantinople's empresses. Constantinople's empresses came from backgrounds far more varied than its Western Roman Empire counterpart, ranging from "princesses to village girls, tavern girls or circus girls." Featured in this book are famous names such as the empress regnant and Eastern Orthodox saint Theodora the Blessed; the actress turned empress consort Theodora I; and the author and princess Anna Comnena.
The Empresses Of Constantinople Classic Reprint
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Author : Joseph McCabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-21
The Empresses Of Constantinople Classic Reprint written by Joseph McCabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-21 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Empresses of Constantinople In concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the gallery of fair and frail ladies closed, we stood at the door of "the long, quaint gallery of the Byzantine Empresses." It seemed natural and desirable to pass on to this more interesting and less familiar series of the mistresses of the eastern Roman Empire, and the present volume will therefore tell the story of the Empresses, or Queens, as they preferred to be called, who occupied the throne set up by Constantine in New Rome, or ancient Byzantium, until the victorious Turk thrust it disdainfully aside to make way for his more spacious harem. The eastern or Byzantine Empire has long been regarded in Europe as a world of far less interest than that which centred on the banks of the Tiber: a world of monotonous piety and little adventure or spirit, almost Chinese in its placid and unchanging adherence to traditional and very conventional forms. One is tempted to attribute this error, not merely to the longer concealment of Byzantine antiquities from our fathers and the superior attractiveness of Italy, but, in some measure, to the disproportion of Gibbon's work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Byzantine Empresses
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Author : Lynda Garland
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1999
Byzantine Empresses written by Lynda Garland and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Representations Of Early Byzantine Empresses
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Author : A. McClanan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-30
Representations Of Early Byzantine Empresses written by A. McClanan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with History categories.
This book reconsiders a wide array of images of Byzantine empresses on media as diverse as bronze coins and gold mosaic from the fifth through to the seventh centuries A.D. The representations have often been viewed in terms of individual personas, but strong typological currents frame their medieval context. Empress Theodora, the target of political pornography, has consumed the bulk of past interest, but even her representations fit these patterns. Methodological tools from fields as disparate as numismatics as well as cultural and gender studies help clarify the broader cultural significance of female imperial representation and patronage at this time.
Empresses And Power In Early Byzantium
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Author : Liz James
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 2001
Empresses And Power In Early Byzantium written by Liz James and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The role of the Byzantine emperor has been exhaustively analyzed; the place of the Byzantine empress -- often perceived as an appendate to male imperial power -- is more problematic. Elizabeth James begins her study with Helena, mother of the first Christian emperor, Constantine the Great, and ends with Eirene, the only woman to rule as an "emperor" in Byzantium. More than simply a biography of each empress in the period between the fourth and eighth centuries, this book analyzes the nature of female imperial power during that time. What rights and responsibilities, what access to power, if any, did the office of empress carry?
Byzantine Empresses
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Author : Charles Diehl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Byzantine Empresses written by Charles Diehl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Empresses Of Constantinoble With 8 Illustrations
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
The Empresses Of Constantinoble With 8 Illustrations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Byzantine Empire categories.
Empresses Of Constantinople
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Author : McCabe Joseph
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
Empresses Of Constantinople written by McCabe Joseph and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with categories.
Women In Purple
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Author : Judith Herrin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-14
Women In Purple written by Judith Herrin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-14 with History categories.
In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses—Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora—changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a purely symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. In this exhilarating and highly entertaining account, one of the foremost historians of the medieval period tells the story of how these fascinating women exercised imperial sovereignty with consummate skill and sometimes ruthless tactics. Though they gained access to the all-pervasive authority of the Byzantine ruling dynasty through marriage, all three continued to wear the imperial purple and wield tremendous power as widows. From Constantinople, their own Queen City, the empresses undermined competitors and governed like men. They conducted diplomacy across the known world, negotiating with the likes of Charlemagne, Roman popes, and the great Arab caliph Harun al Rashid. Vehemently rejecting the ban on holy images instituted by their male relatives, Irene and Theodora used craft and power to reverse the official iconoclasm and restore icons to their place of adoration in the Eastern Church. In so doing, they profoundly altered the course of history. The art—and not only the art—of Byzantium, of Islam, and of the West would have been very different without them. As Judith Herrin traces the surviving evidence, she evokes the complex and deeply religious world of Constantinople in the aftermath of Arab conquest. She brings to life its monuments and palaces, its court ceremonies and rituals, the role of eunuchs (the "third sex"), bride shows, and the influence of warring monks and patriarchs. Based on new research and written for a general audience, Women in Purple reshapes our understanding of an empire that lasted a thousand years and splashes fresh light on the relationship of women to power.