The Empress’s Spot
My very first visit to the Hagia Sophia – a dream realized.
Michael Keroularios was one of the most powerful of medieval patriarchs in Constantinople. Did he seek the emperor’s throne?
Constantine IX Monomachos was a profligate spender who fatally weakened the Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine women in the 11th and 12th centuries received an education and had opportunities for influence and power.