- Theniet al-Haad (mountain pass, North Africa)
Atlas Mountains: Transportation: …to pass by way of Theniet al-Haad. The passes of the Moroccan High Atlas also have played a decisive role in the history of relations between Morocco and the vast region known as the western Sudan to the south; the ancient caravan route from Marrakech to the Drâa valley used…
- Thenylene (drug)
thiophene: The antihistamine methapyrilene (Thenylene) and certain other synthetic pharmaceuticals contain the thiophene nucleus, but there are few synthetic thiophene compounds of importance.
- Theobald (archbishop of Canterbury)
Theobald was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1138, prominent during the reigns of kings Stephen and Henry II of England. Theobald entered the abbey of Bec in Normandy, became prior (c. 1127), was elected abbot in 1136, and was chosen archbishop of Canterbury in 1138. From 1139 to 1143 he was
- Theobald I (king of Navarre)
Theobald I was the count of Troyes and of Champagne (from 1201), as Theobald IV, and king of Navarre (from 1234). He was the most famous of the aristocratic trouvères. He was the son of Theobald III of Champagne, who died before his son was born, and Blanche of Navarre. He lived for four years at
- Theobald I (count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours)
Theobald I was the count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours. Theobald earned his nickname “the Cheat” fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims. He seized the area around Blois about 940 and later augmented his holdings with the counties
- Theobald II (count of Blois, Chartres, and Champagne)
Theobald IV was the count of Blois and of Chartres (from 1102) and count of Champagne (from 1125) as Theobald II. He was the grandson of Theobald III of Blois and William the Conqueror. Theobald IV reunited Champagne with Blois and thus again made his house a threat to the royal domains of France
- Theobald IV (king of Navarre)
Theobald I was the count of Troyes and of Champagne (from 1201), as Theobald IV, and king of Navarre (from 1234). He was the most famous of the aristocratic trouvères. He was the son of Theobald III of Champagne, who died before his son was born, and Blanche of Navarre. He lived for four years at
- Theobald IV (count of Blois, Chartres, and Champagne)
Theobald IV was the count of Blois and of Chartres (from 1102) and count of Champagne (from 1125) as Theobald II. He was the grandson of Theobald III of Blois and William the Conqueror. Theobald IV reunited Champagne with Blois and thus again made his house a threat to the royal domains of France
- Theobald the Cheat (count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours)
Theobald I was the count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours. Theobald earned his nickname “the Cheat” fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims. He seized the area around Blois about 940 and later augmented his holdings with the counties
- Theobald the Great (count of Blois, Chartres, and Champagne)
Theobald IV was the count of Blois and of Chartres (from 1102) and count of Champagne (from 1125) as Theobald II. He was the grandson of Theobald III of Blois and William the Conqueror. Theobald IV reunited Champagne with Blois and thus again made his house a threat to the royal domains of France
- Theobald the Old (count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours)
Theobald I was the count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours. Theobald earned his nickname “the Cheat” fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims. He seized the area around Blois about 940 and later augmented his holdings with the counties
- Theobald the Posthumous (king of Navarre)
Theobald I was the count of Troyes and of Champagne (from 1201), as Theobald IV, and king of Navarre (from 1234). He was the most famous of the aristocratic trouvères. He was the son of Theobald III of Champagne, who died before his son was born, and Blanche of Navarre. He lived for four years at
- Theobald the Troubadour (king of Navarre)
Theobald I was the count of Troyes and of Champagne (from 1201), as Theobald IV, and king of Navarre (from 1234). He was the most famous of the aristocratic trouvères. He was the son of Theobald III of Champagne, who died before his son was born, and Blanche of Navarre. He lived for four years at
- Theobald, Lewis (English editor)
Lewis Theobald was the first Shakespearean editor to approach the plays with the respect and attention then normally reserved for Classical texts. When in 1726 Theobald brought out his Shakespeare Restored; or, A Specimen of the Many Errors As Well Committed As Unamended by Mr. Pope, in His Late
- Theobald, Robert A. (United States military officer)
Pearl Harbor attack: Investigations, accusations, and interpretations: Robert A. Theobald, a Pacific task force commander whose career was sidelined after he clashed with superiors and failed to challenge the Japanese attacks on Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians. In The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor (1954), Theobald asserted that Roosevelt “by unrelenting…
- Theobald, Simon (English archbishop)
Simon Of Sudbury was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1375 and chancellor of England from 1380 who lost his life in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Simon served for 12 years as an auditor (judge) of the Rota at the papal Curia, and in 1359 Pope Innocent VI employed him in an attempt to persuade King
- Theobroma (plant genus)
Malvaceae: Major genera: Theobroma (about 20 species) is native to the Neotropics. The flowers are often very distinctive. The petals of that genus are often broad at the base, then narrowed, and finally with another broader, often dangling portion. There are often fewer than 15 stamens, and the…
- Theobroma angustifolium (tree)
cacao: Cultivation: bicolor and T. angustifolium) are grown for their edible seeds, which are sometimes mixed with those of T. cacao to produce cocoa.
- Theobroma bicolor (tree)
cacao: Cultivation: …America two related species (T. bicolor and T. angustifolium) are grown for their edible seeds, which are sometimes mixed with those of T. cacao to produce cocoa.
- Theobroma cacao (tree)
cacao, (Theobroma cacao), tropical evergreen tree (family Malvaceae) grown for its edible seeds, whose scientific name means “food of the gods” in Greek. Native to lowland rainforests of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, cacao is grown commercially in the New World tropics as well as western
- theobroma oil (food)
cocoa butter, pale yellow, edible vegetable fat obtained from cocoa beans, having a mild chocolate flavour and aroma, and used in the manufacture of chocolate (including white chocolate), pharmaceutical products, and toiletries. Cocoa butter is extracted from cocoa beans, which are the fatty seeds
- theobromine (chemical compound)
theobromine, diuretic drug and major alkaloidal constituent of cocoa. Theobromine is a xanthine alkaloid, a methylxanthine, as are caffeine and theophylline, but it differs from them in having little stimulatory action upon the central nervous system. The stimulant effect of cocoa results from the
- theocracy (political system)
theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state’s legal system is based on religious law. Theocratic rule was typical of early civilizations. The Enlightenment marked the
- Theocritus (Greek poet)
Theocritus was a Greek poet, the creator of pastoral poetry. His poems were termed eidyllia (“idylls”), a diminutive of eidos, which may mean “little poems.” There are no certain facts as to Theocritus’s life beyond those supplied by the idylls themselves. Certainly he lived in Sicily and at
- Theoctistus, Saint (Eastern Orthodox monk)
St. Euthymius the Great: Theoctistus, and about 411 they retired to a cave in the wilderness beyond Jerusalem. On being joined by others, they established a cenobitic (“communal”) monastery, or laura, that integrated contemplative life with other liturgical and intellectual projects and work done in common.
- Theodahad (Ostrogoth king of Italy)
Theodahad was an Ostrogothic king of Italy and a philosopher who studied Plato. His assassination of his cousin Queen Amalasuntha, daughter of King Theodoric, furnished a pretext for the Byzantine emperor Justinian I to invade Italy. The son of Theodoric’s sister, Theodahad was invited to share the
- Théodebald (king of Reims)
Theodebald was a Merovingian king of Reims from 547, in succession to his father, Theodebert I. He proved incapable of continuing the latter’s dynamic policies, especially in Italy. He left no son, and on his death his kingdom passed to his granduncle, Chlotar
- Theodebald (king of Reims)
Theodebald was a Merovingian king of Reims from 547, in succession to his father, Theodebert I. He proved incapable of continuing the latter’s dynamic policies, especially in Italy. He left no son, and on his death his kingdom passed to his granduncle, Chlotar
- Theodebert I (king of Reims)
Theodebert I was a Merovingian king of Reims who succeeded his father, Theodoric I, in late 533 and greatly expanded the area under Frankish hegemony. A proven soldier before he came to the throne, Theodebert exploited the war in Italy between Byzantium and the Ostrogoths to gain extensive
- Theodebert II (king of Austrasia)
Theodebert II was the Merovingian king of Austrasia. Theodebert succeeded his father, Childebert II, on the throne of Austrasia in 595 while his brother, Theodoric II, mounted that of Burgundy. Their grandmother Brunhild exercised at first a joint regency over both kingdoms, but in 599 the
- Theodelinda (queen of Lombard)
Italy: The Lombard kingdom, 584–774: …dynasty—the family of Agilulf’s wife, Theodelinda—dominated the succession; kings who were not members of this family, such as Rothari and Grimoald of Benevento (662–671), married into it. Grimoald was the only southern duke to claim the throne of Pavia; like Rothari, he fought the Byzantines and made laws. Male-line Bavarian…
- Théodicée (work by Leibniz)
best of all possible worlds: …in his work Théodicée (1710; Theodicy), which was devoted to defending the justness of God (see theodicy). The argument thus constitutes Leibniz’s solution to the problem of evil, or the apparent contradiction between the assumption that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent (perfectly good) and the evident fact of evil…
- theodicy (theology)
theodicy, (from Greek theos, “god”; dikē, “justice”), explanation of why a perfectly good, almighty, and all-knowing God permits evil. The term literally means “justifying God.” Although many forms of theodicy have been proposed, some Christian thinkers have rejected as impious any attempt to
- Theodicy (work by Leibniz)
best of all possible worlds: …in his work Théodicée (1710; Theodicy), which was devoted to defending the justness of God (see theodicy). The argument thus constitutes Leibniz’s solution to the problem of evil, or the apparent contradiction between the assumption that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent (perfectly good) and the evident fact of evil…
- theodolite (measurement instrument)
theodolite, basic surveying instrument of unknown origin but going back to the 16th-century English mathematician Leonard Digges; it is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles. In its modern form it consists of a telescope mounted to swivel both horizontally and vertically. Leveling is
- Theodor Rshtuni (Armenian governor)
Armenia: The Mamikonians and Bagratids: …general Procopius and the nakharar Theodor Rshtuni. Unable to prevent the pillage of Dvin in 642, Theodor in 643 gained a victory over another Arab army and was named commander in chief of the Armenian army by the Byzantine emperor Constans II Pogonatus. In 653, after the truce with Muʿāwiyah,…
- Theodora (Byzantine empress [died 548])
Theodora was a Byzantine empress, wife of the emperor Justinian I (reigned 527–565), probably the most powerful woman in Byzantine history. Her intelligence and political acumen made her Justinian’s most trusted adviser and enabled her to use the power and influence of her office to promote
- Theodora (Byzantine empress [981-1056])
Theodora was a Byzantine empress who reigned jointly with her sister Zoe in 1042 and on her own in 1055–56. The third daughter of the emperor Constantine VIII, Theodora possessed a strong and austere character and refused the hand of the heir presumptive, Romanus, who was married instead to her
- Theodora (Byzantine regent [9th century])
St. Methodius I: …in the wife of Theophilus, Theodora, who venerated icons and kept them in her room. After the death of Theophilus, Theodora became regent for their son Michael III. In 843 she named Methodius patriarch and with his help restored the legitimacy of venerating icons to the Byzantine Empire.
- Theodora Goes Wild (film by Boleslavsky [1936])
Richard Boleslavsky: ) The romantic romp Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is considered one of the greatest screwball comedies, in which small-town Sunday school teacher Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne, Oscar-nominated) “goes wild” after she is revealed as the author of a racy best-selling novel. The Garden of Allah (1936) was a lavish…
- Theodorakis, Mikis (Greek composer)
Mikis Theodorakis was a Greek composer. He studied at the Athens and Paris conservatories. A member of the wartime resistance, he remained active in politics, serving several times in the Greek parliament. As a Communist Party member, he was arrested during the 1967 military coup and only released
- Theodore (antipope)
Theodore was an antipope from September 21 to December 15, 687. A Roman archpriest, Theodore had already been a papal candidate when Pope John V (685–686) died. Following the death of John’s successor, Pope Conon (686–687), a simultaneous double election conducted by opposing factions attempted to
- Theodore Abū Kurra (Syrian bishop)
Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah was a Syrian Melchite bishop, theologian, and linguist. He was an early exponent of cultural exchange with Islamic and other non-Christian peoples, and the first known Christian writer in Arabic. Although Theōdūrus had long been reputed by historians as a principal advocate of
- Theodore Angelus (empress of Epirus)
Robert: …Asia Minor, and by 1228 Theodore Angelus, ruler of Epirus, a city-state in Asia Minor, seized Thessalonica and was crowned emperor there. In the meantime Robert had repudiated Eudocia and taken a French mistress, who was mutilated in the ensuing revolt by Robert’s own barons. He died while fleeing to…
- Theodore Ascidas (Greek monk-theologian)
Theodore Ascidas was a monk-theologian and archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, who was the leading advocate of a Platonist school of Christian theology and a principal consultant at the second Council of Constantinople in 553. As a monk, and perhaps also abbot, of the “New Laura” (monastery) near
- Theodore Bar Konai (Syrian biblical scholar)
Theodore Bar Konai was a Syrian scholar and author of a noted collection of annotations on the entire Syriac Bible. The work is also an important historical and theological source on Eastern religious sects during the first millennium of Christianity. A native of Kaškar, Iraq, Theodore was probably
- Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: The following year saw Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, the first installment in a series of young-adult novels. Sequels included Theodore Boone: The Abduction (2011), Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012), Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013), Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), Theodore Boone: The Scandal
- Theodore Boone: The Abduction (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: Sequels included Theodore Boone: The Abduction (2011), Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012), Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013), Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016), and Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019).
- Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: …Boone: The Scandal (2016), and Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019).
- Theodore Boone: The Accused (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: …Theodore Boone: The Abduction (2011), Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012), Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013), Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016), and Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019).
- Theodore Boone: The Activist (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: …Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012), Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013), Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016), and Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019).
- Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: …Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013), Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016), and Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019).
- Theodore Boone: The Scandal (work by Grisham)
John Grisham: …Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016), and Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019).
- Theodore I (pope)
Theodore I was the pope from 642 to 649. Of Greek descent, he was noted for his generosity to the poor, though he had to devote most of his pontificate to combatting Monothelitism, a heresy maintaining that Christ had only one will, which continued to find favour in the East. Theodore refused to
- Theodore I Lascaris (emperor of Nicaea)
Theodore I Lascaris was the first emperor of Nicaea, which was recognized as the Byzantine government-in-exile and as the legitimate successor of the Byzantine Empire during the Crusaders’ occupation of Constantinople. He was a son-in-law and heir of the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus. After
- Theodore II (emperor of Ethiopia)
Tewodros II was the emperor of Ethiopia (1855–68) who has been called Ethiopia’s first modern ruler. Not only did he reunify the various Ethiopian kingdoms into one empire, but he also attempted to focus loyalty around the government rather than the Ethiopian church, which he sought to bring under
- Theodore II (pope)
Theodore II was the pope for 20 days during December 897. He was elected during one of the darkest periods in papal history, caused by the “Cadaver Synod” at which Pope Stephen VI had posthumously deposed and desecrated the disinterred corpse of Pope Formosus. Despite his brief reign, Theodore
- Theodore II Lascaris (Byzantine emperor)
Theodore II Lascaris was a Byzantine emperor of Nicaea. Though not as capable as his grandfather or his father, Theodore I and John III Vatatzes, respectively, he was an able ruler, a good soldier, and a man of letters; he succeeded in holding together the prosperous state east of Constantinople
- Theodore J. Hoover National Preserve (national preserve, California, United States)
Theodore Jesse Hoover: …in his honour is the Theodore J. Hoover National Preserve in northern Santa Cruz county. The preserve is noted for containing one of the rarest coastal marsh habitats in central California and sheltering a variety of rare and endangered species.
- Theodore of Canterbury, Saint (archbishop of Canterbury)
Saint Theodore of Canterbury ; feast day September 19) was the seventh archbishop of Canterbury and the first archbishop to rule the whole English Church. Appointed by Pope St. Vitalian, Theodore was consecrated in 668 and then set out from Rome with SS. Adrian, abbot of Nerida, Italy, and Benedict
- Theodore Of Mopsuestia (Syrian theologian)
Theodore Of Mopsuestia was a Syrian theologian, considered the greatest biblical interpreter of his time and the spiritual head of the exegetical School of Antioch. Theodore studied under the celebrated sophist and rhetorician Libanius with his friend John Chrysostom, who in 369 influenced him to
- Theodore Of Rhaithu (Chalcedonian theologian)
Theodore Of Rhaithu was a theologian-monk of a monastery at Rhaithu, a port on the Sinai Peninsula, considered the last of the Neo-Chalcedonian authors. His writings sought an orthodox formulation of doctrine on the nature of Christ. He thereby proposed to integrate the authoritative expression of
- Theodore of Stoudion (Byzantine saint)
Saint Theodore Studites was an abbot and leading opponent of iconoclasm, the doctrine opposing the veneration of religious images, which severely disturbed relations between the Byzantine and Roman churches. Under the influence of his uncle, Abbot Plato of Symbola, later a saint, Theodore became a
- Theodore of Studios (Byzantine saint)
Saint Theodore Studites was an abbot and leading opponent of iconoclasm, the doctrine opposing the veneration of religious images, which severely disturbed relations between the Byzantine and Roman churches. Under the influence of his uncle, Abbot Plato of Symbola, later a saint, Theodore became a
- Theodore of Tarsus, Saint (archbishop of Canterbury)
Saint Theodore of Canterbury ; feast day September 19) was the seventh archbishop of Canterbury and the first archbishop to rule the whole English Church. Appointed by Pope St. Vitalian, Theodore was consecrated in 668 and then set out from Rome with SS. Adrian, abbot of Nerida, Italy, and Benedict
- Theodore Roosevelt Dam (dam, United States)
Phoenix: The boomtown years: …1905 construction began on the Roosevelt Dam, the first such structure on the Salt River; it was finished in 1911, making it possible to irrigate the surrounding desert and thus use it as farmland. In following years three more dams were added on the Salt and two on the Verde…
- Theodore Roosevelt Island (island, Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
Theodore Roosevelt: The Square Deal of Theodore Roosevelt: …Park in North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., a 91-acre (37-hectare) wooded island in the Potomac River, were named in his honour.
- Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park (national park, North Dakota, United States)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, scenic natural area in southwestern and western North Dakota, U.S., commemorating Pres. Theodore Roosevelt’s interest in the American West. It was established as a national memorial park in 1947, and it underwent subsequent boundary changes and was redesignated a
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park (national park, North Dakota, United States)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, scenic natural area in southwestern and western North Dakota, U.S., commemorating Pres. Theodore Roosevelt’s interest in the American West. It was established as a national memorial park in 1947, and it underwent subsequent boundary changes and was redesignated a
- Theodore Studites, Saint (Byzantine saint)
Saint Theodore Studites was an abbot and leading opponent of iconoclasm, the doctrine opposing the veneration of religious images, which severely disturbed relations between the Byzantine and Roman churches. Under the influence of his uncle, Abbot Plato of Symbola, later a saint, Theodore became a
- Theodore the Reader (Greek historian)
Theodorus Lector was a Greek church historian, author of two significant epitomes of Byzantine history correlating data from leading 5th-century chroniclers, and constituting an essential source for events of that complex period. Its incorporation into a later Latin account provided the Western
- Theodore Thomas Orchestra (American orchestra)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Ill., renowned for its distinctive tone and its recordings under such conductors as Fritz Reiner and Sir Georg Solti. It was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891 as the Chicago Orchestra and operated as the Theodore
- Theodorescu, Ion N. (Romanian author)
Tudor Arghezi was a Romanian poet, novelist, and essayist whose creation of a new lyric poetry led to his recognition as one of the foremost writers in Romania. He produced his best work in the years before World War I. Arghezi, who left home at age 11, first published a poem at age 14. In 1899 he
- Theodoret Of Cyrrhus (Syrian theologian)
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus was a Syrian theologian-bishop, representative of Antioch’s historico-critical school of biblical-theological interpretation, whose writings were a moderating influence on the 5th-century Christological disputes and contributed to the development of the Christian theological
- Theodoric (king of Italy)
Theodoric was the king of the Ostrogoths (from 471), who invaded Italy in 488 and completed the conquest of virtually the entire peninsula and Sicily by 493, making himself king of Italy (493–526) and establishing his capital at Ravenna. In German and Icelandic legend, he is the prototype of
- Theodoric (antipope)
Theodoric was an antipope from 1100 to 1101. As cardinal bishop of Santa Ruffina, he was elected pope by the faction headed by the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV during the struggle between empire and papacy. In 1101, however, he was seized by the supporters of the legitimate pope, Paschal II, who had
- Theodoric I (king of Visigoths)
Attila: Invasion of Gaul: …agreement with the Visigothic king, Theodoric I, to combine their forces in resisting the Huns. Many legends surround the campaign that followed. It is certain, however, that Attila almost succeeded in occupying Aurelianum (Orléans) before the allies arrived. Indeed, the Huns had already gained a footing inside the city when…
- Theodoric I (king of Reims)
Theodoric I was a Merovingian king of Reims from 511. Theodoric was the eldest son of Clovis I, but born of an unknown woman, unlike the other sons, whose mother was Clotilda. An able soldier, he played an important part in his father’s campaigns against the Visigoths. On Clovis’s death in 511 a
- Theodoric II (king of Burgundy)
Theodoric II was the younger son of the Merovingian Childebert II; he succeeded his father as king of Burgundy in 595, at first under his grandmother Brunhild’s regency and later under her influence. Cooperation with his brother, Theodebert II of Austrasia, was followed by discord, and in 612
- Theodoric III (king of Neustria and Burgundy)
Theodoric III was a Merovingian ruler who succeeded his brother Chlotar III as king of Neustria and Burgundy in 673, at the instigation of Ebroin, the Neustrian mayor of the palace. He was soon deposed by another brother, Childeric II, was restored in 675, then was momentarily deposed again in
- Theodoric IV (king of the Franks)
Theodoric IV was the penultimate ruler of the Merovingian dynasty, the son of Dagobert III; he was king of the Franks from 721. A puppet who was controlled by Charles Martel, the grandfather of Charlemagne, Theodoric was totally ignored by chroniclers of the
- Theodoric of Prague (Bohemian painter)
Bohemian school: …the formation of that of Theodoricus of Prague, a member of the second generation of Bohemian artists (working c. 1360–80) and perhaps the principal master of the Bohemian school. Commissioned by Charles to decorate the Chapel of Holy Cross at Karlštejn Castle (c. 1357–67), Theodoricus painted a crucifixion and a…
- Theodoric the Great (king of Italy)
Theodoric was the king of the Ostrogoths (from 471), who invaded Italy in 488 and completed the conquest of virtually the entire peninsula and Sicily by 493, making himself king of Italy (493–526) and establishing his capital at Ravenna. In German and Icelandic legend, he is the prototype of
- Theodoric, Mausoleum of (mausoleum, Ravenna, Italy)
Mausoleum of Theodoric, tomb built c. 520 in Ravenna, Italy, by the Arian Ostrogothic emperor Theodoric. The lower story is a decagon, while the upper story is circular and roofed with a remarkable monolithic dome 36 feet (11 metres) in diameter made of limestone imported from Istria. When Ravenna
- Theodoricus (king of Italy)
Theodoric was the king of the Ostrogoths (from 471), who invaded Italy in 488 and completed the conquest of virtually the entire peninsula and Sicily by 493, making himself king of Italy (493–526) and establishing his capital at Ravenna. In German and Icelandic legend, he is the prototype of
- Theodoricus Carnotensis (French theologian)
Thierry de Chartres was a French theologian, teacher, encyclopaedist, and one of the foremost thinkers of the 12th century. According to Peter Abelard, Thierry attended the Council of Soissons in 1121, at which Abelard’s teachings were condemned. He taught at Chartres, where his brother Bernard of
- Theodoricus of Prague (Bohemian painter)
Bohemian school: …the formation of that of Theodoricus of Prague, a member of the second generation of Bohemian artists (working c. 1360–80) and perhaps the principal master of the Bohemian school. Commissioned by Charles to decorate the Chapel of Holy Cross at Karlštejn Castle (c. 1357–67), Theodoricus painted a crucifixion and a…
- Theodoros Askidas (Greek monk-theologian)
Theodore Ascidas was a monk-theologian and archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, who was the leading advocate of a Platonist school of Christian theology and a principal consultant at the second Council of Constantinople in 553. As a monk, and perhaps also abbot, of the “New Laura” (monastery) near
- Theodorus (Greek philosopher)
Anniceris: …responsible for this change were Theodorus and Hegesias. Anniceris differed from Theodorus in believing that pleasure had to be understood as embracing much more than sensual enjoyment. Anniceris differed from Hegesias, a pessimist, in believing that there are qualities of pleasure that are good in and of themselves, apart from…
- Theodorus Lector (Greek historian)
Theodorus Lector was a Greek church historian, author of two significant epitomes of Byzantine history correlating data from leading 5th-century chroniclers, and constituting an essential source for events of that complex period. Its incorporation into a later Latin account provided the Western
- Theodorus of Canterbury, Saint (archbishop of Canterbury)
Saint Theodore of Canterbury ; feast day September 19) was the seventh archbishop of Canterbury and the first archbishop to rule the whole English Church. Appointed by Pope St. Vitalian, Theodore was consecrated in 668 and then set out from Rome with SS. Adrian, abbot of Nerida, Italy, and Benedict
- Theodosia (Ukraine)
Feodosiya, city, southern Ukraine. It lies on the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula on the western shores of Feodosiya Bay. The city is located on the site of the ancient colony Theodosia, the native name of which was Ardabda. Terra-cottas show it to have been inhabited in the 6th century
- Theodosian Code (Roman law)
Theodosius II: …in supervising compilation of the Theodosian Code (published 438), which codified the laws issued after 312. Theodosius died from injuries suffered during a hunting accident. His daughter Licinia Eudoxia married the Western Roman emperor Valentinian III (reigned 425–455).
- Theodosiopolis (Turkey)
Erzurum, city, eastern Turkey. It lies 6,400 feet (1,950 metres) above sea level in a fertile plain surrounded by high mountains. On a caravan route from Anatolia to Iran, Erzurum has been a major commercial and military centre since antiquity and is now a major rail station on the route between
- Theodosius (play by Lee)
Henry Purcell: Music for church: …first music for the theatre, Theodosius, a play by Nathaniel Lee, all date from 1680. Some of his church music may be earlier than that, but it is not possible to assign definite dates. As far as is known, most of his anthems, whether for the full choir (full anthems)…
- Theodosius I (Roman emperor)
Theodosius I was a Roman emperor of the East (379–392) and then sole emperor of both East and West (392–395), who, in vigorous suppression of paganism and Arianism, established the creed of the Council of Nicaea (325) as the universal norm for Christian orthodoxy and directed the convening of the
- Theodosius I Boradiotes (patriarch of Constantinople)
Theodosius I Boradiotes was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (1179–83), an inflexible opponent of the Muslim religion, critic of union with the Latin Church of the West, and guardian of Orthodox morality at the Byzantine court. Of Armenian stock, Theodosius came to the partiarchal
- Theodosius II (Roman emperor)
Theodosius II was the Eastern Roman emperor from 408 to 450. He was a gentle, scholarly, easily dominated man who allowed his government to be run by a succession of relatives and ministers. The son of the Eastern emperor Arcadius (reigned 383–408), he was made coemperor in 402 and became sole
- Theodosius III (Byzantine emperor)
Theodosius III was a Byzantine emperor from 715 to 717. He was an obscure tax collector of southwestern Asia Minor who against his will was proclaimed emperor by the troops of the Opsikion theme rebelling against Anastasius II. His supporters successfully captured Constantinople, and Anastasius was
- Theodosius Of Alexandria (Egyptian patriarch)
Theodosius Of Alexandria was a patriarch of Alexandria (535–566), theologian, and leader of the Monophysites in Egypt and Syria, who were reputed for their asceticism and also for their mystical prayer. Through the support of the Byzantine empress Theodora, Theodosius was elected patriarch as the