Abbadids
Abbadids , Arab dynasty in Spain that ruled Seville from 1023 to 1091. Taking advantage of the disintegration of the caliphate of Córdoba , the cadi [judge-governor] of Seville seized power and became (1023) king of the newly founded state as Abbad I. His son, who succeeded him in 1042 as Abbad II, made Seville the most powerful kingdom in S Spain. He was noted for his cruelty. He was succeeded in 1069 by his son, Abbad III (al-Mutamid), a poet and a great patron of the arts, but an inept ruler. Seeking military support against Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Abbad called in the Almoravids from Morocco. They defeated Alfonso in 1086 but deposed (1091) Abbad, who died in exile.
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Sister Stella Posacki, SSJ-TOSF (Pulcheria)
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 7/27/2003; 369 words
; Sister Stella Posacki, SSJ-TOSF (Pulcheria). Beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, TOSF for 69 years entered Eternal Life on July 25, 2003 at age 88. The loving...
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Handel: Riccardo Primo
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...who she is he persuades his daughter Pulcheria to pretend to be Constanze instead so...falls for this until told the truth by Pulcheria who is in love with Oronte. There is...wife Constanze by soprano Nuria Rial, Pulcheria by soprano Geraldine McGreevy lsacio...
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Visitors in the past.(Opinion & ARTS)(religious women communities' independence)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 7/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...refused to administer the sacraments when he found the virgin Pulcheria seated among the clergy around the altar. This had been the...words were exchanged between the virgin and the patriarch. Pulcheria, however, was not only a consecrated virgin, but also de...
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Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium. By Bissera V. Penteheva.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...sent the original Hodegetria icon to her sister-in-law, Pulcheria, from Jerusalem in the fifth century. This section reconstructs...shifts the history of Byzantine Marian devotion away from Pulcheria, elder sister of the Emperor Theodosius II, whom historians...
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Atenaide.
Magazine article from: Opera Canada; 11/1/2007; ; 634 words
; ...father,), Vivica Genaux (her betrothed, Teodosio), Guillemette Lauens (Teodosio's sister, Pulcheria), Nathalie Stutzmann (Pulcheria's secret admirer, Marziano) and Romina Basso (Teodosio's rival, Varane). Only tenor Stefano...
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For students, trial proves a novel eye-opener
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/1/2002; ; 678 words
; ...elegant white purse, senior Matt Ruble walked to the front of Cuffia's sixth-hour class dressed as Pulcheria, Raskolnikov's mother. "Pulcheria" turned to her "son" and lovingly pinched his cheeks; she then began her testimony in a high...
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Mary Meyer HORTON --- Mary Meyer, 96, Horton, died Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999, at a Horton nursing home. Services will be announced by Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Horton.
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 12/17/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Racheal Hawkins Memorial Fund to be designated later, and sent in care of the funeral home. Sister Pulcheria Lager ATCHISON --- Sister Pulcheria Lager, 94, Atchison, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999, at Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison...
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VIVALDI: Atenaide
Magazine article from: Opera News; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...bright, edgy sound bringing the proper musical thrust. As Pulcheria, the emperor's compassionate sister, mezzo-soprano Guillemette...L sul margine") without muscle. Chasing around after Pulcheria is the quiet hero Marziano, a role created fot female contralto...
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Henry James on the Jewish scene.
Magazine article from: Midstream; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...can be deemed unfriendly. A second interlocutor comments, "I have never disliked Jews as some people do; I am not like Pulcheria who sees a Jew in every bush. I wish there were one; I would cultivate shrubbery. I have known too many clever and charming...
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Twisted morality tale.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 2/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Dickens, and made unrewarding parts for Lara Belmont as the prostitute Sonia, Geraldine James as Raskolnikov's mother, Pulcheria, and Kate Ashfield as his insipid sister, Dunya. David Haig, by contrast, had a juicy steak of a role as Dunya's selfrighteous...
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Pulcheria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pulcheria , 399-453, Roman empress of the East (414-53), daughter of Arcadius...regent in 414. Theodosius remained under her influence most of his life. Pulcheria took a vow of chastity and brought an almost monastic atmosphere to the...
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Pulcheria, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Pulcheria, St (399–453), E. Empress from 450. From 414 to 416 she was guardian of her brother, Theodosius II . A stalwart...
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Eudocia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Eudocia , d. 460, Roman empress of the East; daughter of an Athenian Sophist. She was selected by Pulcheria as the wife of Theodosius II , whom she married (421) after being baptized and changing her name from Athenaïs to Eudocia...
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Theodosius II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Arcadius. He preferred the study of theology and astronomy to public affairs, which he left to the guidance of his sister, Pulcheria —and, at times, to that of his wife Eudocia . The chief political events of his reign were the establishment...
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Marcian
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Marcian , 396-457, Roman emperor of the East (450-57); successor of Theodosius II, whose sister Pulcheria he married in 450. Orthodox in religious affairs, he convoked (451) the Council of Chalcedon (see Chalcedon, Council of...
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