Podcast appearances and mentions of judith herrin

Los títulos de la entrega de hoy de La ContraPortada, el especial de libros de La ContraCrónica son: 0:00 Introducción 2:58 "Bizancio: el imperio que hizo posible la Europa moderna" de Judith Herrin - https://amzn.to/4fiJqpE 20:42 "Crónica de Travnik" de Ivo Andric - https://amzn.to/3Oli86h 28:48 "Sinfonía para la ciudad de los muertos" de M.T. Anderson - https://amzn.to/3YWMVMD 36:47 "La balada del viento y los árboles" de Keiko Takemiya - https://amzn.to/48G0rHQ Consulta los mejores libros de la semana en La ContraBiblioteca - https://diazvillanueva.com/la-contrabiblioteca/ · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... @diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #bizancio #ivoandric Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

From arriving at the port of Constantinople as a teenage bride to the heir to the Byzantine Throne, to exiling - and blinding - her own son, Constantine IV, to boldly crowning herself the first Empress Regnant of the Byzantine Empire, Irene of Athens' life was a wildly unpredictable ride through one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods of medieval history. Olivia interviews archaeologist and historian Judith Herrin, author of Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium and Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Het gesprek met prof. dr. Daniëlle Slootjes van de Universiteit van Amsterdam over keizerin Theodora en keizer Justinianus ging verder! In deze bonusaflevering bespreken we twee bijzondere mozaïeken die nog altijd te bewonderen zijn in de basiliek van San Vitale in Ravenna (Italië).Shownotes

Cent soixante-cinquième numéro de Chemins d'histoire, sixième numéro de la cinquième saison, émission animée par Luc Daireaux Émission diffusée le jeudi 26 octobre 2023 Thème : Ravenne entre Ve et VIIIe s. Invitée : Judith Herrin, professeure émérite au département des lettres classiques du King's College de Londres, autrice de Ravenne. Capitale de l'Empire, creuset de l'Europe, Passés Composés, 2023 (livre initialement paru en anglais en 2020, traduit de l'anglais par Martine Devillers-Argouac'h).

Faites un don et recevez un cadeau : http://don.storiavoce.com/ De Ravenne au Ve siècle, nous avons l'image peu reluisante d'un Empire romain décadent et moribond, disparaissant sous le coup des invasions barbares. Dans le livre qu'elle lui consacre, l'historienne britannique Judith Herrin renouvelle notre vision en montrant tout au contraire que la fameuse ville rayonne véritablement et se situe au fondement de la chrétienté primitive. Ravenne nous apparaît ainsi comme le creuset de l'Europe avec sa vie de cour, ses penseurs et son art majestueux, que nous pouvons encore contempler aujourd'hui. Au carrefour des mondes barbare, byzantin et romain, la cité nous est révélée dans toute sa complexité et sa grandeur.   L'invitée : Judith Herrin est professeure émérite au département des lettres classiques du King's College de Londres. Elle a notamment publié Byzantium. The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, Unrivalled Influence. Women and Empire in Byzantium, Margins and Metropolis. Authority across the Byzantine Empire, Women in Purple. Rulers of Medieval Byzantium et The Formation of Christendom. Elle vit à Oxford, en Angleterre. Elle vient de publier Ravenne. Capitale de l'Empire, creuset de l'Europe (Passés composés, 507 p., 27€) *** Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/HistoireEtCivilisationsMag Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/histoireetcivilisations/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/Storiavoce

Konstantinopels fall år 1453 var slutet på den månghundraåriga kristna riksbildningen Bysan, men egentligen var nog det viktigaste resultatet det osmanska rikets slutliga etablering – med den nya huvudstaden Konstantinopel, dagens Istanbul, som centrum.Framför Konstantinopels murar samlades en osmansk här på åtminstone 60 000 soldater med ett effektivt artilleri. De omkring 8 000 försvararna höll de osmanska anfallen stången från den 7 april fram till den 29 maj då staden till slut föll. I striderna ingick inte bara strider man mot man utan för den tiden tung artilleribeskjutning, underjordiska strider och sjöstrider.I den nymixade reprisen av avsnitt 24 av Militärhistoriepodden samtalar historikern Martin Hårdstedt med idéhistorikern Peter Bennesved som Konstantinopels fall.Konstantinopel hade fungerat som huvudstad för ett rike som existerat i mer än 1000 år beroende på hur man räknar. Bysantiska riket var arvtagaren till Romarriket och under århundraden det största och starkaste kristna riket innan de västeuropeiska rikena etablerades på allvar under tidig medeltid.I mitten av 1400-talet var Bysans bara till namnet ett kejsardöme. Kejsaren i Konstantinopel kontrollerade egentligen bara ett mindre område på den europeiska sidan av Bosporen norr om Konstantinopel och en del områden i sydvästra Grekland tillsammans med ett antal öar. Riket var på alla sidor vid det här laget helt omgivet av det uppåtgående osmanska riket.Den osmanske sultanen Mehmet II behövde visa att han dög som härskare i ett rike som han inte fullt ut kontrollerade. För att starka sin ställning inrikespolitiskt skulle en erövring av det mytomspunna Konstantinopel vara betydelsefullt. Dessutom vill han och den osmanska ledningen för alltid undanröja ett kristet brohuvud i veka livet på det osmanska riket. När snaran sakta drogs till kring Konstantinopel vädjade den bysantinske kejsaren Konstantin XI om hjälp. Men hans rop lämnades obesvarade eller med svävande löften. Påven, Ungern, Genua och Venedig hade begränsade resurser och var involverade i egna maktstrider.Du som vill ta reda på mer slaget och Bysantinska riket kan läsa David Nicolle Constantinople 1453. The end of Byzantium, Oxford 2000 och Judith Herrin, Det bysantinska riket, Höör 2009.Bild: Belägringen av Konstantinopel, av Philippe de Mazerolles - Bibliothèque nationale de France Manuscript Français 2691 folio CCXLVI v [2] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Se le conoce como imperio bizantino, pero quienes vivían en él decían estar en el imperio romano y por romanos se tenían sus emperadores, aunque hablasen griego y griega fuese su lengua y su cultura. Hubo un total de 94 emperadores en Bizancio durante un periodo de más de mil años entre principios del siglo IV y mediados del siglo XV. El primero de ellos fue Constantino el Grande, que trasladó la Corte imperial de Roma a Bizancio, una antigua ciudad en el Bósforo, refundada para albergar la capitalidad y rebautizada como Nueva Roma. Pero el nombre de Nueva Roma no arraigó, en su lugar empezó a conocerse como Constantinopla en honor a su fundador. El último de los emperadores también se llamaba Constantino, Constantino XI Paleológo, y sus dominios se limitaban a poco más que la propia ciudad que había sido, un milenio antes, elegida como cabeza del imperio. Entre los dos Constantinos floreció y decayó un imperio que fue el mayor de la Edad Media en este lado del mundo. En sus orígenes era el mismo imperio romano, pero la parte occidental fue primero separada por el emperador Teodosio y más tarde ocupada por pueblos bárbaros. Tras ello se sumió en una edad oscura que duraría siglos. Las fronteras del imperio romano de oriente fluctuaron durante varias etapas de declive y recuperación. Durante el reinado de Justiniano I en el siglo VI el imperio alcanzó su mayor extensión territorial. Se reconquistó Italia, el norte de África y el sur de Hispania. Un siglo más tarde una larga guerra contra los persas sasánidas agotó los recursos del imperio, lo que obligó al emperador Heraclio a reorganizar el ejército y la administración. Años después, el islam, una nueva religión surgida en el desierto de la remota península arábiga se extendió con gran rapidez por Mesopotamia y todo el creciente fértil arrebatando a los bizantinos algunas de sus provincias más ricas como Egipto o Siria. Posteriormente perderían todos sus dominios en África poniendo al imperio en jaque y desatando la anarquía en su interior. Una nueva dinastía, la isáurica, restauró el poder imperial, pero no sería hasta el siglo IX, ya bajo la dinastía macedónica, cuando Bizancio renació y reemprendió su expansión durante otros doscientos años. A este periodo dulce le siguió otro marcado por la crisis. Una nueva amenaza llegada del este, la de los turcos selyúcidas, un pueblo islamizado que venía de la estepa, volvió a poner en apuros al imperio, que perdió buena parte de Asia Menor, la actual Turquía. Nunca volvería a levantar la cabeza, pero eso no impidió que en esta misma época Constantinopla siguiese siendo la ciudad más grande, rica y cosmopolita de Europa ya que servía como puerta de las riquezas de oriente. El imperio recibió un golpe mortal en el año 1204 durante la cuarta Cruzada, cuando los cruzados latinos saquearon la capital y su territorio se fragmentó en diferentes principados enfrentados entre sí. Durante sus dos últimos siglos de vida el imperio bizantino era ya solo uno de esos pequeños principados. Un nuevo pueblo, los turcos otomanos, entró en escena expandiéndose a gran velocidad por Anatolia y por todo el este del Mediterráneo. La caída de Constantinopla ante los otomanos de Mehmed II en 1453 marcó el final del imperio bizantino poniendo también punto final a lo que hoy conocemos como Edad Media. Para hablar de este legendario imperio nos acompaña hoy en La ContraHistoria un invitado realmente excepcional, José Soto Chica, experto en historia medieval y, posiblemente, el mejor bizantinista que hay en lengua española. Bibliografía: - "Bizancio: El imperio que hizo posible la Europa moderna" de Judith Herrin - https://amzn.to/3Ne3346 - "Imperios y bárbaros: La guerra en la Edad Oscura" de José Soto Chica - https://amzn.to/3GKG6mH - "Breve historia del Imperio bizantino" de David Barreras y Cristina Durán - https://amzn.to/3Ng5RxJ - "Constantinopla" de Isaac Asimov - https://amzn.to/3aiG2OO · “La ContraHistoria de España. 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In today's edition of Sunday Book Review: ·      New Rome  by Paul Stephenson. ·      The Rich and the Pure by Daniel Caner. ·      The Formation of Christendom  by Judith Herrin. ·      The Last Great War of Antiquity by James Howard Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry is joined by John Barrett, LGen (retired)D. Michael Day, and Andrew Rasiulis to talk about the tensions at the Ukraine-Russia border and Canada's response to it. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing. Participants: Dr. John Barrett is a CGAI Fellow and President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association, a non-profit organization established in 1960 to represent the nuclear industry in Canada. https://www.cgai.ca/john_barrett LGen Day (ret'd) D. Michael Day is a retired infantry officer and former Commander of the Special and a CGAI Fellow. https://www.cgai.ca/d_michael_day Andrew Rasiulis is a CGAI Fellow, a formerPublic Service, and a freelance consultant with Andrew Rasiulis Associates Inc. https://www.cgai.ca/andrew_rasiulis Host Bio: Dave Perry (host): President and Senior Analyst with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry) Reading: Aristotle's Way by Edith Hall – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/540590/aristotles-way-by-edith-hall/ Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin – press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover…1153438/ravenna Black Sea by Neil Ascherson – https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780809015931/black-sea Read CGAI's work on Ukraine: https://www.cgai.ca/tags/ukraine Recording Date: 28 Jan 2022 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Herrin is the author of a six book series on Byzantium. You can find those books here. 

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/italian-studies

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval “Dark Ages.” Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe (Princeton UP, 2020) provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to H.E. Darius Skusevičius, Dr. Joan DeBardeleben, Andrew Rasiulis, and Marcus Kolga, about Easter Europe Participants' Biographies: H.E. Darius Skusevičius is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Canada https://ca.mfa.lt/ca/en/about-us/the-embassy/ambassador Joan DeBardeleben (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1979) is a professor in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, and in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. She is founder, former Director, and currently Co-Director of Carleton's Centre for European Studies (CES), a Carleton University Research Centre focusing on European affairs. https://carleton.ca/eureast/people/joan-debardeleben/ Marcus Kolga is an international award winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, digital communications strategist, and a leading Canadian expert on Russian and Central and Eastern European issues. Marcus has a focus on communications and media strategies as tools of foreign policy and defence, and continues to write commentary for national and international media including the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. He is the co-founder and publisher of UpNorth.eu, an online magazine that features analysis and political and cultural news from the Nordic and Baltic region. https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/experts/marcus-kolga/ Andrew P. Rasiulis is a former Department of National Defence official and now a fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute https://www.cgai.ca/andrew_rasiulis Host biography Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson References: Read CGAI's Eastern Europe Series https://www.cgai.ca/the_european_union_s_eastern_partnership_bold_ambitions_in_a_troubled_region https://www.cgai.ca/ukraine_at_europes_strategic_crossroads https://www.cgai.ca/confusion_destabilization_and_chaos_russias_hybrid_warfare_against_canada_and_its_allies Disinfo Watch: https://disinfowatch.org R&R Putin's People by Catherine Belton – https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374712785/putinspeople Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin – https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691153438/ravenna Sand in My Shoes by Albert Martens – https://www.amazon.com/Sand-My-Shoes-Albert-Martens/dp/0981198406 Recording Date: 8 Dec 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

This is our second WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE SPECIAL! In this episode, we are joined by Judith Herrin, the Constantine Leventis Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London, to discuss her book 'Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe' which was shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize. In 402 AD, after invading tribes broke through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and threatened the imperial government in Milan, the young Emperor Honorius made the momentous decision to move his capital to a small, easy defendable city in the Po estuary – Ravenna. From then until 751 AD, Ravenna was first the capital of the Western Roman Empire, then that of the immense kingdom of Theoderic the Goth and finally the centre of Byzantine power in Italy. In this engrossing account, Judith Herrin explains how scholars, lawyers, doctors, craftsmen, cosmologists and religious luminaries were drawn to Ravenna where they created a cultural and political capital that dominated northern Italy and the Adriatic. As she traces the lives of Ravenna's rulers, chroniclers and inhabitants, Herrin shows how the city became the pivot between East and West; and the meeting place of different cultures. The book offers a fresh account of the waning of Rome, the Gothic and Lombard invasions, the rise of Islam and the devastating divisions within Christianity. It argues that the fifth to eighth centuries should not be perceived as a time of decline from antiquity but rather, thanks to Byzantium, as one of great creativity – the period of ‘Early Christendom'. These were the formative centuries of Europe.For terms of use, please visit www.versushistory.com

A woman from Attica, Greece, Irene Sarantapechaina, became Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Professor Emerita Judith Herrin, King's College London, joins the show to discuss who Irene was and the life she lived.

Whilst I struggle to access the material I need in order research my historical stories I have found some interesting texts that give us a small insight in to life in the Medieval times. This episode all centers around the Byzantine city of Constantinople and contains a siege, a sacking and another sack....of sorts. I hope you are safe and well. Enjoy. The text was taken from A Medieval Miscellany, Selected by Judith Herrin. Music: www.bensound.com

Konstantinopels fall år 1453 var slutet på den månghundraåriga kristna riksbildningen Bysan, men egentligen var nog det viktigaste resultatet det osmanska rikets slutliga etablering – med den nya huvudstaden Konstantinopel, dagens Istanbul, som centrum.Framför Konstantinopels murar samlades en osmansk här på åtminstone 60 000 soldater med ett effektivt artilleri. De omkring 8 000 försvararna höll de osmanska anfallen stången från den 7 april fram till den 29 maj då staden till slut föll. I striderna ingick inte bara strider man mot man utan för den tiden tung artilleribeskjutning, underjordiska strider och sjöstrider.I avsnitt 24 av Militärhistoriepodden samtalar historikern Martin Hårdstedt med idéhistorikern Peter Bennesved som Konstantinopels fall.Konstantinopel hade fungerat som huvudstad för ett rike som existerat i mer än 1000 år beroende på hur man räknar. Bysantiska riket var arvtagaren till Romarriket och under århundraden det största och starkaste kristna riket innan de västeuropeiska rikena etablerades på allvar under tidig medeltid.I mitten av 1400-talet var Bysans bara till namnet ett kejsardöme. Kejsaren i Konstantinopel kontrollerade egentligen bara ett mindre område på den europeiska sidan av Bosporen norr om Konstantinopel och en del områden i sydvästra Grekland tillsammans med ett antal öar. Riket var på alla sidor vid det här laget helt omgivet av det uppåtgående osmanska riket.Den osmanske sultanen Mehmet II behövde visa att han dög som härskare i ett rike som han inte fullt ut kontrollerade. För att starka sin ställning inrikespolitiskt skulle en erövring av det mytomspunna Konstantinopel vara betydelsefullt. Dessutom vill han och den osmanska ledningen för alltid undanröja ett kristet brohuvud i veka livet på det osmanska riket. När snaran sakta drogs till kring Konstantinopel vädjade den bysantinske kejsaren Konstantin XI om hjälp. Men hans rop lämnades obesvarade eller med svävavande löften. Påven, Ungern, Genua och Venedig hade begränsade resurser och var involverade i egna maktstrider.Du som vill ta reda på mer slaget och Bysantinska riket kan läsa David Nicolle Constantinople 1453. The end of Byzantium, Oxford 2000 och Judith Herrin, Det bysantinska riket, Höör 2009.Bild:Belägringen av Konstantinopel, av Philippe de Mazerolles - Bibliothèque nationale de France Manuscript Français 2691 folio CCXLVI v [2] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Why the Chinese have it wrong.” Assigned Reading: – The Formation of Christendom, Judith Herrin

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Constantinople in 1453. When Sultan Mehmet the Second rode into the city of Constantinople on a white horse in 1453, it marked the end of a thousand years of the Byzantine Empire. After holding out for 53 days, the city had fallen. And as one contemporary witness described it: “The blood flowed in the city like rainwater in the gutters after a sudden storm”. It was the end of the classical world and the crowning of an Ottoman Empire that would last until 1922.Constantinople was a city worth fighting for – its position as a bridge between Europe and Asia and its triangular shape with a deep water port made it ideal both for trade and defence. It was also rumoured to harbour great wealth. Whoever conquered it would reap rewards both material and political. Earlier attempts to capture the city had largely failed – so why did the Ottomans succeed this time? What difference did the advances in weaponry such as cannons make in the outcome of the battle? And what effect did the fall of Constantinople have on the rest of the Christian world?With Roger Crowley, author and historian; Judith Herrin, Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at King's College London; Colin Imber, formerly Reader in Turkish at Manchester University.