Byzantine Valhalla: The Life and Death of the Church of the Holy Apostles

Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar

Description

Inaugural Lecture, Royal Holloway, University of London.

The Holy Apostles was the second largest church in Byzantine Constantinople. Consecrated in 370 CE, it housed the tombs of Emperor Constantine I and his successors and stood for a thousand years until the Ottoman conquest of 1453. This lecture will reconstruct the building’s appearance and trace its role both in imperial ceremonial and the very murky world of Byzantine politics.
Period27 Oct 2014