Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Early Christianity brought new opportunities for Roman and Byzantine women – it also brought new reasons to vilify them.
Byzantine Empire
On the Spot: Bettany Hughes
What historical topic have I changed my mind on? I thought the sacrifice of young women in the Bronze Age was a myth. It wasn’t.
The Normans in Byzantium
Spreading east in the 11th century, the Normans soon became a feared part of the Byzantine army, but a mercenary’s loyalty is always to his paymaster, as the empire would soon discover.
The Shocking Truth
The fluid and unfixed Byzantine Empire.
The Elusive Byzantine Empire
Though the beginnings of the Byzantine Empire are unclear, its demise is not. The history of the Eastern Roman Empire, from its foundation in 324 to its conquest in 1453, is one of war, plague, architectural triumphs and fear of God's wrath.
A Blueprint for Byzantine Power
An embattled emperor offered guidance to his successors in the shape of a ‘mirror for princes’.
Justifying Slavery
The changing shape of the slave trade in the medieval Mediterranean.
Death of the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus
The Byzantine Empire's ban on the veneration of icons died with its last iconoclast emperor on January 20th, 842.
Russians Abroad – Old and New
Russian hooligans at a football match might be a relative novelty, but there is nothing new under the sun.
Death of Justinian I
The Byzantine emperor died in Constantinople on 14 November 565.