The Dark Age -- George Syncellus and Theophanes Confessor -- Theophanes' successors -- Historians under Leo the Wise -- The official histories of Constantine Porphyrogenitus -- Symeon the Logothete and Pseudo-Symeon -- Historians of the Age of Expansion -- Michael Psellus -- Pse…
"Theodora's meager beginnings as the daughter of a bear-keeper could not have foretold her astonishing future as the wife of Justinian, the powerful ruler of the Byzantine empire. With a gift for performing, Theodora became an actress in burlesque theater as a young woman. By al…
"This volume is the first full-length study of penthos (tears of contrition) since Hausherr's in 1944. It traces its exposition in the early eastern Christian tradition, through detailed analysis of Greek and Syriac texts by Klimakos, Ephrem, Isaac and Symeon the New Theologian.…
"This volume is the first full-length study of penthos (tears of contrition) since Hausherr's in 1944. It traces its exposition in the early eastern Christian tradition, through detailed analysis of Greek and Syriac texts by Klimakos, Ephrem, Isaac and Symeon the New Theologian.…
