Theodora: Empress of Byzantium

Name: Theodora: Empress of Byzantium
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Paolo Cesaretti
ISBN: 9780865652378

Paolo Cesaretti

01/05/2004
Vendome Press

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Theodora: Empress of Byzantium par Paolo Cesaretti

Résumé

Theodora 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 ... Full description