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.

Sadly to say, mainly newborn girls were left on the streets. Empress Theodora influenced Justinian to change the law so that it would be illegal to abandon children. Also during the Nika revolt, a violent protest in A.D. 532, Empress Theodora talked Justinian out of fleeing and leaving his kingdom to fight the revolt alone. Justinian, along with his advisors, were going to flee during the revolt, but Empress Theodora talked him out of it. She wrote an amazing, short speech telling all the people of Byzantine, including Justinian, that no matter what they should always stick together and to “fight with courage to the death.” What she means by that is don’t give up because it’s hard keep trying and no matter what always stay together. Empress Theodora influenced many laws and encouraged much of Byzantine during the revolt.
Queen Elizabeth I was an amazing queen of England, who took very good care of it. Queen Elizabeth did everything she thought was right and would benefit her country. Queen Elizabeth never married nor did she have children for the benefit of England. Back then men were in charge of women and whatever they say was to happen. She believed that if she ever were to marry, her husband would try to take control of England and many of the people in England would be unhappy. She would never want England to be controlled by a selfish, cruel man. Also, Queen Elizabeth I encouraged many painters, musicians, and writers. Many painting and different writings and poems have been displayed all around England. The paintings and writings were encouraged by Queen Elizabeth. Another way she impacted her country is because she hated to see money wasted. Queen Elizabeth spent as least amount of money that she could. She kept household account books to make sure she nor the kingdom spent too much money on nothing. The people of England loved having Queen Elizabeth as their queen. Queen Elizabeth I took very good care of her country and did whatever she had to do in order to keep her country happy and safe.
Although many women haven’t played an important role in history, Empress Theodora and Queen Elizabeth I are two women that have impacted their societies very well.

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

people.