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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 765 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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THEODORA , wife of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

THEOPHILUS

Theophilus. In the last See also:

YEAR

year of her See also:

HUSBAND

husband's reign (842) she overrode his ecclesiastical policy and summoned a See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council under the See also:

PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch See also:

METHODIUS (c. 825-885)

Methodius, in which the See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of images was finally restored and the iconoclastic See also:

clergy dispossessed. Appointed See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian of her See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant son, See also:

Michael III., she carried on the See also:

government with a See also:

FIRM

firm and judicious See also:

hand; she replenished the See also:

TREASURY

treasury and deterred the Bulgarians from an See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt at invasion. In See also:

order to perpetuate her See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power she purposely neglected her son's See also:

EDUCATION

education, and therefore must be held responsible for the voluptuous See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character which he See also:

DEVELOPED

developed under the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his See also:

UNCLE

uncle Bardas. Theodora endeavoured in vain to combat Bardas's authority; in 855 she was displaced from her regency at his prompting, and being subsequently convicted of intrigues against him was relegated to a monastery. She was sainted in recompense for her zeal on behalf of See also:

IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image-worship.

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