A Comparison Of Empress Theodora, Empress Byzantine Empire, And Queen Elizabeth I

Many women have played an amazing role in history. Women haven’t usually been in a position of power, nevertheless, they have often contributed in a plethora of ways. Empress Theodora, of the Byzantine Empire, and Queen Elizabeth I , of England, are two women who impacted their societies and were loved by their people. Empress Theodora has influenced many important laws and has encourage the people of Byzantine, no matter how hard it may be, to work and stick together. Empress Theodora influenced her husband, Justinian, to examine and change many important laws protecting women and children. They made it to where women were able to own their own properties and homes. Before, the law changed women were unable to own their own properties, they had to live with men. Also, Empress Theodora influenced Justinian to change the child abandonment law. Back then if you were to have a baby and didn’t want it, you could just leave it on the street to die of exposure.

Empress Theodora, of the Byzantine Empire, influenced Justinian to change many laws helping women and children. She influenced him to change laws to make it to where women could own their own properties and homes for them and their family to live in, and to where you couldn’t leave a child on the street to die of exposure. Also she encouraged the empire of Byzantine during the Nika revolt in A.D. 532. Queen Elizabeth I, of England, did everything she thought was right to protect and benefit her country. She never married nor did she ever have children for the sake of her countries happiness and fairness. She didn’t want her country to suffer because she decided to marry a selfish, mean man, that would take control of England. So Empress Theodora and Queen Elizabeth I impacted their societies very well and were loved by their