Michael III, the "Alcoholic" Byzantine Emperor, ruled surprisingly well despite his controversial behavior and personal ...

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire ... Later, during the Enlightenment, as the West moved to exclude religion from politics, the Byzantines were held up as the prime ...

This discovery offers rare evidence that women, too, embraced extreme religious devotion, possibly forming some of the first known nunneries within the Byzantine Empire. Unearthing a 5th-century ...

Peter lived at a very busy time in history. The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) was settled at the Council of Constance ...