Bücher von Judith Herrin

Das groe Portrat der Hauptstadt des fruhchristlichen EuropaRavenna war vom 5. bis 8. Jahrhundert Treffpunkt der griechischen, lateinischen, christlichen und barbarischen Kulturen und Dreh- und Angelpunkt zwischen Ost und West. Whrend Rom sich provinzialisierte, erlebte die neue Hauptstadt des Westrmischen Reiches eine Bltezeit. Ungewhnlich detailreich erzhlt Judith Herrin auch von den Menschen dieser Zeit: von Kaiserinnen und Knigen, Bischfen und Gelehrten, rzten und Handwerkern. - Detailreich und lebendig: Portrt der Hauptstadt des frhchristlichen Europa- Ravennas Aufstieg ist eng verknpft mit dem Niedergang Roms und den Invasionen der Hunnen und Goten- Auch eine Geschichte der Spaltungen und Glaubenskmpfe im frhen Christentum- Meisterlich erzhlt und ausgezeichnet mit dem Duff Cooper-Preis 2020- Steinerne Zeugen der Vergangenheit: die Kirchen und Mosaiken Ravennas in prchtigen FarbabbildungenAufstieg und Niedergang der Stadt an der Adria zwischen 402 und 751 n. Chr. Als im Jahr 402 n. Chr. eindringende Stmme aus dem Norden Mailand belagerten, verlegte der westrmische Kaiser Honorius den Regierungssitz nach Ravenna. Bis ins Jahr 751 war die goldglnzende Stadt an der Adria zunchst die Hauptstadt des Westrmischen Reiches, dann die des riesigen Knigreichs des Goten Theoderich und schlielich das Zentrum der byzantinischen Macht in Italien. Die berwltigend schnen Kirchen mit ihren Mosaiken, von der UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe erklrt, zeugen von dieser Zeit des Umbruchs, aus der das christliche Europa hervorging. Meisterlich portrtiert die vielfach ausgezeichnete Althistorikerin und Byzantinistin Judith Herrin diese Stadt und ihre Bewohner in der Epoche des bergangs zwischen Sptantike und Frhmittelalter.

Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin sheds light on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters. She looks at women's interactions with eunuchs, the in-between gender in Byzantine society, and shows how women defended their rights to hold land. Herrin describes how they controlled their inheritances, participated in urban crowds demanding the dismissal of corrupt officials, followed the processions of holy icons and relics, and marked religious feasts with liturgical celebrations, market activity, and holiday pleasures. The vivid portraits that emerge here reveal how women exerted an unrivalled influence on the patriarchal society of Byzantium, and remained active participants in the many changes that occurred throughout the empire's millennial history. Unrivalled Influence brings together Herrin's finest essays on women and gender written throughout the long span of her esteemed career. This volume includes three new essays published here for the very first time and a new general introduction by Herrin. She also provides a concise introduction to each essay that describes how it came to be written and how it fits into her broader views about women and Byzantium.

This volume explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial region of Hellas and Peloponnesos in central and southern Greece, Judith Herrin shows how the prestige of Constantinople was reflected in the military, civilian, and ecclesiastical officials sent out to govern the provinces. She evokes the ideology and culture of the center by examining different aspects of the imperial court, including diplomacy, ceremony, intellectual life, and relations with the church. Particular topics treat the transmission of mathematical manuscripts, the burning of offensive material, and the church's role in distributing philanthropy. Herrin contrasts life in the capital with provincial life, tracing the adaptation of a largely rural population to rule by Constantinople from the early medieval period onward. The letters of Michael Choniates, archbishop of Athens from 1182 to 1205, offer a detailed account of how this highly educated cleric coped with life in an imperial backwater, and demonstrate a synthesis of ancient Greek culture and medieval Christianity that was characteristic of the Byzantine elite. This collection of essays spans the entirety of Herrin's influential career and draws together a significant body of scholarship on problems of empire. It features a general introduction, two previously unpublished essays, and a concise introduction to each essay that describes how it came to be written and how it fits into her broader analysis of the unusual brilliance and longevity of Byzantium.