Women in Purple : Rulers of Medieval Byzantium by Judith Herrin

Women in Purple : Rulers of Medieval Byzantium

Judith Herrin

304 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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This is the story of three Byzantine empresses who between 780 and 856 restored the veneration of icons, thus saving the Byzantine Empire from a purely symbolic and abstract decorative art, and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. Judith ...

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