Theodora : actress, empress, saint / David Potter.

• Constantinople -- Telling nasty stories -- Sex and the stage -- Factions and networks -- Patrician -- The succession -- Augusta : the first five years -- Revolution -- War and religion -- Plots and plague -- Last years -- Legacy.

• "Theodora's is a tale of a woman of exceptional talent who overcame immense obstacles to achieve incredible power, which she exercised without ever forgetting where she had come from. In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, David Potter penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft a modern, well-rounded, and engaging narrative of Theodora's life. This fascinating portrait will intrigue all readers with an interest in ancient and women's history"-- 

Ämnesord

Empresses  -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography. (LCSH)

Empresses.  (fast)

Kejsarinnor  -- Bysantinska riket -- 500-talet -- biografi (kao)

Empresses  -- Byzantine Empire -- 6th century -- biography (kao//eng)

Byzantine Empire  -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565. (LCSH)

Byzantine Empire.  (fast)

527 - 565  (fast)

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Biographies.  (lcgft)

Biographies.  (fast)

Biography.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

Personnamn

Theodora, Empress, consort of Justinian I, Emperor of the East, -548.

Theodora, Empress, consort of Justinian I, Emperor of the East, -548.

Theodora, östromersk kejsarinna, ca 497-548

Klassifikation

DF572.5 (LCC)

949.5013 (DDC)

K.24 (kssb/8 (machine generated))