Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe - Judith Herrin

Judith Herrin is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at King's College London. Her books include 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 ; and The Formation of Christendom (all Princeton). She lives in Oxford, England.