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Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin sheds light on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters. She looks at women's interactions with eunuchs, the in-between gender in Byzantine society, and shows how women defended their rights to hold land. Herrin describes how they controlled their inheritances, participated in urban crowds demanding the dismissal of corrupt officials, followed the processions of holy icons and relics, and marked religious feasts with liturgical celebrations, market activity, and holiday pleasures. The vivid portraits that emerge here reveal how women exerted an unrivalled influence on the patriarchal society of Byzantium, and remained active participants in the many changes that occurred throughout the empire's millennial history. Unrivalled Influence brings together Herrin's finest essays on women and gender written throughout the long span of her esteemed career. This volume includes three new essays published here for the very first time and a new general introduction by Herrin. She also provides a concise introduction to each essay that describes how it came to be written and how it fits into her broader views about women and Byzantium.

Convenient, yes, maybe even cute. But surprisingly often, overloaded or improperly worn backpacks can wrench, twist or strain the muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints in youthful backs, shoulders and arms.

La posibilidad de separar los Países Bajos del resto de patrimonios que integraban la herencia de Felipe II se tuvo presente para contrarrestar el avance de la revuelta flamenca. La separación podía concretarse a través de un matrimonio dinástico concertado por las dos ramas de la Casa de Habsburgo y dotado con ese territorio. Los miembros de la rama imperial (y menor) de la dinastía manifestaron ambiciones explícitas sobre las Diecisiete Provincias en este contexto conflictivo. Pero no fueron los únicos. La lógica de que la revuelta ofrecía la oportunidad de adquirir este patrimonio mediante la dotación formal de Felipe II fue compartida por otros parientes dinásticos no menos ambiciosos que los Habsburgo de Viena. Este artículo analiza las presiones que el monarca recibió de la Corte de Francia, la Corte Imperial y el propio Papado para efectuar la separación del patrimonio territorial borgoñón de la herencia española en forma de dote para una de sus hijas, Isabel o Catalina, durante la década de 1570.

O objetivo desse artigo é analisar a estratégia político-administrativa do imperador Teodósio II (408-450 d.C.) na convocação do bispo Nestório para o episcopado de Constantinopla, em 428 d.C. Esse acontecimento deu início à Controvérsia Nestoriana, conflito teológico que emergiu na hierarquia eclesiástica do Império Romano do Oriente e buscava estabelecer uma ortodoxia em relação ao modo como se deu a interação entre as naturezas humana e divina no Cristo encarnado. Ao se perceber que as facções formadasna defesa da união das naturezas, advogada pelo bispo Cirilo de Alexandria, e separação delas, defendida por Nestório de Constantinopla, contemplavam a presença de funcionários da administração imperial na disputa, indicaremos que o sentido da convocação de Nestório para o episcopado de Constantinopla,por Teodósio II, esteve relacionado não apenas ao estabelecimento de projeto de unidade religiosa, mas se inseria, também, no complexo jogo político-administrativo que abarcava a acomodação de interesses e o contrabalanceamento de poderes com as aristocracias de funcionários que contribuíam para legitimar a unidade imperial.

In the present study the author sketches the route of the nationalist-xenophobic discourse which characterized the Romanian society during the first half on the 19th century (1825-1880). The first hypothesis is that the antisemitic legislation promoted in Romania during Carol II and Antonescu's regime found its legitimacy in the antisemitic discourses promoted by the political and cultural elite of the era. The second hypothesis is that the antisemitic, nationalist and xenophobic feelings of this elite are strongly linked with the grand plan which aimed at creating a Romanian national identity in conformity with the general values of the 19th century. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

A magnetometry survey of the Roman fort at Lake Farm, near Wimborne Minster in Dorset, first discovered in 1959, has upgraded the status of this site to a full legionary fortress: a major base of the legio II Augusta during the subjugation of the Durotriges and other tribes of south-west Britain. The interior layout of the fortress was identified for the first time, together with the original road and river connections, extensive areas of extramural activity and evidence for an earlier phase of the site as a marching camp.

The history of medieval Wallachia and modern Romania recorded several important dynasties, two of them - the first dynasty of Wallachia and the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty - having various common elements, such as the political legitimation, achieved by the Church intercession. In this respect, by being mentioned in a religious book, the prince's or the king's son could emphasise his political function as throne successor. This situation was typical for Mihnea Turcitul, in the 16 the century, while, in the 20th century, Carol II, although was involved in printing an official translation of the New Testament, failed to appear in its pages as crown heir, because he abandoned his prerogatives as throne successor. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

En este artículo se procederá a la realización de un análisis de las posibles relaciones entre la arquitectura promovida por Federico II en el sur de Italia y la construcción que con posterioridad realizó el infante Fadrique de Castilla en Sevilla, conocida como la Torre de don Fadrique. Dichas relaciones se basan en las noticias históricas que demuestran la permanencia del infante don Fadrique en la corte de Federico II entre los años 1240 y 1245.

Theodosius II (AD 408–450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its integrity while the West was broken up by barbarian invasions. This book explores Theodosius' challenges and successes. Ten essays by leading scholars of late antiquity provide important new insights into the court at Constantinople, the literary and cultural vitality of the reign, and the presentation of imperial piety and power. Much attention has been directed towards the changes promoted by Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century; much less to their crystallisation under Theodosius II. This volume explores the working out of new conceptions of the Roman Empire - its history, its rulers and its God. A substantial introduction offers a new framework for thinking afresh about the long transition from the classical world to Byzantium.

. La violencia cristiana en la Historia Eclesiástica de Sócrates durante el gobierno de Teodosio II, y en la Historia Eclesiástica de Teodoreto de Cirro. Cirilo en Alejandría. Concilio de Éfeso. Siervos. Los novacianos. Los judíos. Monjes. Romanos y persas. Arrio. Melecio de Egipto. Cartas de Alejandro, de Arrio, de Eusebio de Nicomedia sobre la doctrina de Arrio. El paganismo. Eusebio de Nicomedia en Constantinopla. Acusaciones contra Atanasio. Política religiosa de Constancio.