Medievalists.net » Theoderic the Great http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan’s sisters and Frankish queenship http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 11:59:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49516 In the early years of the tenth century several Anglo-Saxon royal women, all daughters of King Edward the Elder of Wessex (899-924) and sisters (or half-sisters) of his son King Athelstan (924-39), were despatched across the Channel as brides for Frankish and Saxon rulers and aristocrats. This article addresses the fate of some of these women through an analysis of their political identities.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/feed/ 0 Theoderic the Great vs. Boethius: Tensions in Italy in the Late 5th and Early 6th Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/28/theoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuriestheoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/28/theoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuriestheoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuries/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:48:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46110 In 524AD the Roman senator Boethius was executed for committing treason against Theoderic the Great, the ruling gothic king in Italy. Boethius was never given a trial, and the charge of treason may have been an exaggeration of what actually happened.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/28/theoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuriestheoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuries/feed/ 0 Projecting Power in Sixth-Century Rome: The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in the late antique Forum Romanum http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/04/projecting-power-in-sixth-century-rome-the-church-of-santi-cosma-e-damiano-in-the-late-antique-forum-romanum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/04/projecting-power-in-sixth-century-rome-the-church-of-santi-cosma-e-damiano-in-the-late-antique-forum-romanum/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:23:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45493 In the year 526 CE, the bishop of Rome, Pope Felix IV, petitioned the Ostrogoth king Theoderic for permission to convert a small complex in the Forum Romanum into a place of worship dedicated to the Saints Cosmas and Damian...This paper critiques traditional interpretations of this church—its physical location and its apse mosaic—in light of new research that nuances our understanding of the historical context in which it was commissioned.

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