We sing thy praises as the gem and fairness of the Church, and as a diadem and pattern of all Christian queens, O all-lauded and divinely-crowned Theodora; for in bringing back the icons to their ...

Jamie Pachino, author of Bailiwick Repertory’s intriguing and exasperating “Theodora: An Unauthorized Biography,” sets no small goal: She wants to rescue the Byzantine Empress Theodora from centuries ...

Franklin and Eleanor. Juan Perón and Evita. Bill and Hillary. Husband and wife political teams are a common theme in modern history. Justinian “The Great” was born about 482 in a peasant village in ...

Betancourt is a professor at University of California, Irvine, and author of Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages available now from Princeton University Press.

What do twentieth-century Ireland, Empress Theodora of Byzantium and travel have in common? All are the subjects of three literary ventures by a Northwestern novelist. Medill freshman Tory Fine is ...

THE date 1453, when Constantinople fell, is to Turks what 1066 is to the English and 1789 to the French: a defining moment in history. On May 29th 1453, Mehmet the Conqueror--Mehmet II of the house of ...