Professor Jonathan HarrisDepartment of History
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.
Byzantine Valhalla: The Life and Death of the Church of the Holy Apostles
Inaugural Lecture
7161 09/14
Windsor Building Auditorium
All welcome, admission freeThe lecture will be followed by a receptionFor more information: [email protected] Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX
27 October 2014 6.15pm