Theodora the “Believing Queen”: A Study in Syriac Historiographical TraditionHugoye: Journal of Syriac StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/HAGHXEB3/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Susan AshbrookHarveyTheodora the “Believing Queen”: A Study in Syriac Historiographical Traditionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/HAGHXEB3https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/HAGHXEB3https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/HAGHXEB3Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies4:22001209-234Syriac tradition remembers the sixth century for the tragic separation of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. The Byzantine emperor Justinian I is remembered as the harsh persecutor of the faithful, while his wife Theodora is revered as the "believing queen", champion and protectress of the dissenting non-Chalcedonian church. Greek and Syriac sources of the sixth century present more complex views of the imperial couple, with sharply differing portraits of Theodora used to interpret the reign. Later Syriac chronicles rework and reshape the sixth century material, fashioning a significantly changed historical experience for the Syriac Orthodox through a changed memory of Theodora's past.
Harvey, Susan Ashbrook. “Theodora the ‘Believing Queen’: A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 4:2 (2001): 209–34.
Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Theodora the ‘Believing Queen’: A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition,Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 4:2 (2001): 209–34.Byzantine empireJacobitesJohn of EphesusMonophysitismTheodoraVI CEemperorhagiographyhistoriographywomen