Sublime

For a millennium, rivalries between and among Byzantine noble families propelled public life, with the kind of bloody factional maneuvering that makes the Tudors look like the Waltons in comparison.

Though political power was usually a male privilege in Byzantium, a striking feature of the Byzantine tales is the prominence of women as political... See more

During the reign of Constantine VII, a raiding party from Tarsus attacked the sleepy village of Herakleos. The villagers were celebrating Divine Liturgy when they received the grave news. The village priest, Themel, decided to act. That decision would change his life forever.... See more