Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia - Constantinople
Constantinople1 (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις) was the earlier name of the modern city of İstanbul in Turkey in its role ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia - Council Of Constantinople
See: First Council of Constantinople (second ecumenical council); or Fifth Ecumenical Council (Second Council of Constantinople). Othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Constantinople In The Divided Empire
The first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople was Honoratus, who took office on 11 December 359 and held it until 361. The empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Names
The name of Constantinople is an honorific eponym referencing its founder, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Constantine establish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia - Alexander Of Constantinople
Saint Alexander (between 237 and 244 - 337), bishop of Byzantium and first bishop of Constantinople until his death, as the city was then...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia - Patriarch Of Constantinople
The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, the "first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox communion. In this capacity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia - Armenian Patriarch Of Constantinople
The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople is today head of one of the smallest Patriarchates of the Oriental Orthodox Church but has exert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucoleon: Encyclopedia - Bucoleon
Bucoleon Palace was one of the Byzantine palaces in Constantinople. It was built (probably) by Theodosius II in the 5th century. Bucoleon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinian Shift: Encyclopedia - Constantinian Shift
Constantinian shift is a term used by Anabaptist and Post-Christendom theologians to describe the gradual shift towards Christendom. This...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archon: Encyclopedia - Archon
Archon (Gr. αρχων, pl. αρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler" or the like, though it is frequently encountered as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 398: Encyclopedia - 398
398 - Events. John Chrysostom becomes bishop of Constantinople. 398 - Births. 398 - Deaths. Pope Siricius Nectarius of Constanti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity
Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the indigenous form of Christianity that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in Egypt i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Preparations
Mehmed, whose great-grandfather Bayezid I had previously built a fortress on the Asian side of the Bosporus called Anadolu Hisarı, now b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Patriarch Of Constantinople - List Of Latin Patriarchs Of Constantinople
(Constantinople retaken in 1261; Patriarchate now titular only) Peter Correr (1286-1302) Leonard Faliero (1302- c. 1305) Nicholas of The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Anastasius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Anastasius Of Constantinople - Background
In 726 Emperor Leo III published an edict forbidding the use of images in the Church. His soldiers consequently removed images from churc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Council Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - First Council Of Constantinople - The Proceedings
Timothy of Alexandria, Meletius of Antioch, Gregory Nazianzus, and Nectarius of Constantinople successively presided. Gregory Nazianzus w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippodrome Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippodrome Of Constantinople - History And Use
Although the Hippodrome is usually associated with Constantinople's days of glory as an imperial capital, it actually predates that era. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Of Constantinople - Early History
As Constantine the Great had made Byzantium "New Rome" in 330, it was thought appropriate that its bishop, once a suffragan of Heraclea, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Aftermath
Mehmed had promised his troops they could loot the city for three days, in accordance with ancient military tradition. He had also threat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Atticus Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Atticus Of Constantinople - Biography
Born at Sebaste in Armenia, he early embraced a monastic life, and received his education from some Macedonian monks near that place. Rem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Council Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - First Council Of Constantinople - Background
The Council of Nicaea did not end the Arian controversy which it had been called to clarify. By 327 Emperor Constantine had begun to regr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Of Constantinople - Issues Of Religious Freedom
When the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, now Istanbul, both the Emperor and the Patriarch were killed. The position of head of the Ort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Eutychius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Eutychius Of Constantinople - New Advent
Patriarch of Constantinople, b. about 512, in Phrygia; d. Easter Day, 5 April 582. He became a monk and then archimandrite at Amasea, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Euphemius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Euphemius Of Constantinople - The Acacian Schism
In 482, the Emperor Zeno had published a decree called the Henotikon, which forbade in the current theological discussions any other crit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippodrome Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippodrome Of Constantinople - Hippodrome Monuments
To raise the image of his new capital, Constantine and his successors brought works of art from all over the empire to adorn it. Among th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Atticus Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Atticus Of Constantinople - Teachings
Atticus displayed great vigour in combating and repressing heresy. He wrote to the bishops of Pamphylia and to Amphilochius of Iconium, c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Nectarius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Nectarius Of Constantinople - Dissent Threatens
Unfortunately the Bishops of the West opposed the election result and asked for a common synod of East and West to settle the succession ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Patriarch Of Constantinople - Sources
Giorgio Fedalto, La Chiesa latina in Oriente, Mazziana, Verona, 2nd ed. 1981, e vol. ... See also:Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Of Constantinople - Issues Of Religious Freedom
When the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, now Istanbul, both the Emperor and the Patriarch were killed. The position of head of the Ort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin I Of Constantinople - Latin Emperor
The imperial crown was offered to, and refused by, Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice. The choice then lay between Baldwin and Boniface of Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin I Of Constantinople - Children And Successors
It was not until July 1206 that the Latins in Constantinople had reliable information that Baldwin was dead. His brother Henry was crowne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Nectarius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Nectarius Of Constantinople - His Unexpected Appointment
When the Emperor Theodosius I wanted the Bishops at the Council to suggest new candidates and reserving to himself the right of making th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Euphemius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Euphemius Of Constantinople - Patriarch And Emperor
Before the accession of the Emperor Anastasius I, Euphemius had made him sign a profession of faith (Evagrius, H.E., III, xxxii); eventua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Acacius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Acacius Of Constantinople - Monophysitism Controversy
Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople - Allied opposition against Basilicus and Timothy Aelerus. The opposition was the first important m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucoleon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bucoleon - Historical Information
The palace sits on the shore of Marmara Sea. The ruins suggest a balcony looking out to the sea was present and was accesible through thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Gennadius I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Gennadius I Of Constantinople - Biography
His first public writing was quoted by Facundus (Defensio, II, iv) against Saint Cyril of Alexandria in two works, probably in 431 or 432...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Siege And Final Assault Of The City
Mehmed planned to attack the Theodosian Walls, the intricate series of walls and ditches protecting Constantinople from an attack from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin I Of Constantinople - Count Of Flanders And Hainaut
Baldwin took possession of a much-reduced Flanders, for his uncle had given a large chunk, including Artois, as dowry to Baldwin's sister...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin I Of Constantinople - Early Life
Baldwin was the son of Baldwin V of Hainaut, and Margaret I, sister of Philip of Alsace and Countess of Flanders. When Philip died childl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Acacius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Acacius Of Constantinople - Early Life And Episcopate
Acacius first appeared in authentic history (Suidas, s.v.) as the orphanotrophos, or an official entrusted with the care of the orphans, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Gennadius I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Gennadius I Of Constantinople - Biblical Works
John Moschus said of Gennadius to have been very mild and of great purity. Gennadius of Marseilles said of Gennadius was lingua nitidus e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople - Legacy
His meeting with Pope Paul VI in 1964 in Jerusalem led to rescinding the 1054 excommunications of the Great Schism. This was a significan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Eugenius I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Eugenius I - The Constantinople Letter Affair
One of the first acts of the new pope was to send legates to Constantinople with letters to Emperor Constans II, informing him of his ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - In Constantinople
At the beginning of the year 1666, Sabbatai again left Smyrna for Constantinople, either because he was compelled to do so by the city au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Diversion To Constantinople
Boniface, meanwhile, had left the fleet before it sailed from Venice, and had visited his cousin Philip of Swabia. The reasons for his vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - İstanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - İstanbul - Etymology
The name İstanbul comes from the Greek words εις την Πόλη – eis tin Poli (pronounced [is tim boli]) or στην Πόλη, fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Of Nicaea: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Of Nicaea - Recapture Of Constantinople
In 1260 Michael began the assault on Constantinople itself, which his predecessors had been unable to do. He allied with Genoa, and his g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople - Life
Patriarch Athenagoras was born Aristokles Spyrou in Vasilikón, near Ioánnina, Epirus, Greece, on March 25, 1886. The son of the village...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - People's Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - People's Crusade - Cologne To Constantinople
Peter and the remaining crusaders left Cologne on about April 20. About 20,000 followers left immediately, while another group would foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Of Nicaea: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Of Nicaea - Foundation
In 1204, Byzantine emperor Alexius V fled Constantinople rather than face the crusader army in battle. Theodore Lascaris, the son-in-law ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch John Iv Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch John Iv Of Constantinople - Works
Isidore of Seville (de Script. Eccl. 26) attributes to him only a letter, not now extant, on baptism addressed to St. Leander. John, he s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anastasius Bibliothecarius: Encyclopedia Ii - Anastasius Bibliothecarius - Envoy To Constantinople
In 869 he was sent by Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor as envoy to Constantinople, with two men of high rank in the Frankish Empire, to negot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Byzantine Emperors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Byzantine Emperors - Palaeologid Dynasty Restored To Constantinople, 1259-1453
List of Byzantine Emperors - Ottomans. In 1453 Mehmed II overthrew the Byzantine Empire and claimed the title of Caesar; his successors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Further Attacks On Constantinople
The crusaders were opposed to Isaac, as they had never met him and did not believe he was part of their deal with Alexius, but the Byzant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Final Capture Of Constantinople; Outcome
The crusaders were eventually able to knock holes in the walls, small enough for a few knights at a time to crawl through; the Venetians ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Byzantine Emperors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Byzantine Emperors - Palaeologid Dynasty Restored To Constantinople
List of Byzantine Emperors - Ottomans. In 1453 Mehmed II overthrew the Byzantine Empire and claimed the title of Caesar; his successors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Background
After the failure of the Third Crusade, there was little interest in Europe for another crusade against the Muslims. The Fourth Crusade w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Byzantine Emperors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Byzantine Emperors - Palaeologid Dynasty Restored To Constantinople 1259-1453
List of Byzantine Emperors - Ottomans. In 1453 Mehmed II overthrew the Byzantine Empire and claimed the title of Caesar; his successors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Conquest Of The Byzantine Empire
Two years after reclaiming the throne in 1451, Mehmed brought an end to the Byzantine Empire by capturing Constantinople in 1453 (during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - People's Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - People's Crusade - Background
Pope Urban II planned departure of the crusade for August 15, 1096, but months before this, a number of unexpected armies of peasants and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - İstanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - İstanbul - Places To Visit
Constantinople was a cultural and ethnic melting pot. As a result, there are many historical Mosques, Churches, Synagogues and Palaces to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul - Places To Visit
Constantinople was a cultural and ethnic melting pot. As a result, there are many historical mosques, churches, synagogues, and palaces t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Attack On Zara
Main article: Siege of Zara Since there was no binding agreement amongst the crusaders that all should sail from Venice, many chose to sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acacius Of Caesarea: Encyclopedia Ii - Acacius Of Caesarea - Rise To Prominence In The Arian Party
Nothing is known of the date or country of his birth, but he was probably a Syrian; and throughout his life bore the nickname of one-eyed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul - Etymology
The name İstanbul comes from the Greek words εις την Πόλη – eis tin Poli (pronounced [is tim boli]) or στην Πόλη, fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Of Nicaea: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Of Nicaea - Expansion
In 1224 the Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica was captured by the Despot of Epirus, but Epirus itself came under Bulgarian control in 1230. W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Other Facts
He is also recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law long before Suleyman the Magnificent (also "the Lawma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Other Facts
He is also recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law long before Suleyman the Magnificent (also "the Lawma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archon: Encyclopedia Ii - Archon - Gnostic Archons
In late antiquity some variants of Gnosticism used the term Archon to refer to several servants of the Demiurge, the "creator god" that s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - People's Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - People's Crusade - Leadership Breakdown
Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, not knowing what else to do with such an unusual and unexpected "army", quickly ferried them across...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anastasius Bibliothecarius: Encyclopedia Ii - Anastasius Bibliothecarius - Presumed Identification With Antipope Anastasius
If a passage in the annals of Hincmar of Reims is genuine (Mon. Germ. Hist.: Scriptores, I, 447) and Hincmar has not confused two men, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anastasius Bibliothecarius: Encyclopedia Ii - Anastasius Bibliothecarius - Family And Education
He was a nephew of Bishop Arsenius of Orta, who executed important commissions as Papal legate. Anastasius learned the Greek language fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul Pogrom: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul Pogrom - Background
Istanbul Pogrom - The Greeks of Constantinople/Istanbul. Although Constantinople was capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453, the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anastasius Bibliothecarius: Encyclopedia Ii - Anastasius Bibliothecarius - Continued Influence
The successor of Adrian II, Pope John VIII (872-882), also esteemed Anastasius, confirmed him in the office of librarian, entrusted impor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - At Abydos Migdal Oz
After two months' imprisonment in Constantinople, Sabbatai was brought to the state prison in the castle of Abydos. Here he was treated v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul Pogrom: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul Pogrom - The Pogrom
Istanbul Pogrom - Planning. In his 2005 book, Harvard-trained Byzantinist historian, Speros Vryonis, documents the direct role of the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'u'lláh: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'u'lláh - Imprisonment
Bahá'u'lláh - Constantinople Istanbul. As mentioned previously, Bahá'u'lláh was given an order to relocate to the Ottoman capital o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul Pogrom: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul Pogrom - Reactions
Although the Menderes government attempted to blame Turkish Communists for the pogrom, most foreign observers were aware of who was to bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul Pogrom: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul Pogrom - Aftermath
As private insurance did not exist in Turkey at the time, the only hope the pogrom’s victims had for compensation was from the Turkish ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azimullah Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Azimullah Khan - Maratha Mission
Nana Sahib was involved in a long drawn appeal with the British East India Company to restore the £80,000 annual pension that his father...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - In Salonica
With this document, which he appears to have accepted as an actual revelation, Sabbatai determined to choose Salonica, at that time a cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azimullah Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Azimullah Khan - Origins
Azimullah was rescued as a starving Muslim boy from the famine of 1837 along with his mother when they were provided shelter at a mission...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Disillusion
Sabbatai's conversion was extremely disheartening for the Jewish communities. Prominent rabbis who were believers in and followers of Sab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Coptic Christianity - Coptic Christianity Today
The current Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark is Pope Shenouda III (his title should not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Coptic Christianity - Coptic Christianity Today
The current Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark is Pope Shenouda III (his title should not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Claims Of Messiahship
Apart from this general Messianic theory, there was another computation, based on a presumably interpolated passage in the Zohar (a famou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azimullah Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Azimullah Khan - England
In England, the intelligent Azimullah dressed in western outfits and impressed many luminaries of the time. He met Dickens, Carlyle, Maca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azimullah Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Azimullah Khan - Subversion
Although his mission failed, but he had come back with a more dangerous idea. He presented a more ambitious agenda for Nana, telling him ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Modern Followers
Although rather little is known about them, various groups called Donmeh (Turkish for “apostate”) continue to follow Sabbatai Zevi to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Zevi's Early Years
In accordance with the prevailing custom of Jews, Sabbatai's father had him study Talmud. In his early youth he attended a yeshiva under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Influence Of English Millenarianism
During the first half of the 17th century, millenarian ideas of the approach of the Messianic time, and more especially of the redemption...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Greece - The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
Greek refusal to recognize the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) under its chosen name of "Republic of Macedonia" has been an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Greece - Albania
Greece restored diplomatic relations with Albania in 1971, but the Greek government retained a cease-of-fire and did not formally lift th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Nathan Of Ghaza
Having Halabi's money, a charming wife, and many additional followers, Sabbatai triumphantly returned to Palestine. Passing through the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Proclaimed Messiah
The joy of his followers knew no bounds. Sabbatai, assisted by his wife, now became the sole ruler of the community. In this capacity he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Spread Of His Influence
The adherents of Sabbatai, probably with his consent, even planned to abolish to a great extent the ritualistic observances because, acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Public Buildings
Constantinople was a Christian city, lying in the most Christianised part of the Empire. Justinian made the temples of Byzantium into rui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - The City Under Justinian
The emperor Justinian (527-565) was known for his successes in war, for his legal reforms and for his public works. It was from Constanti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Importance Of The City In Its Prime
Constantinople was historically important for a number of reasons. Constantinople was one of the larger and richer urban centers in the E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Constantine's Foundation
Constantine had altogether more ambitious plans. Having restored the unity of the empire, now overseeing the progress of major government...   » Read the article