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The Alexiad (Greek: Ἀλεξιάς, romanized: Alexias) is a medieval historical and biographical text written around the year 1148, by the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene, daughter of Emperor …
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Mar 19, 2022 · The Alexiad of Anna Comnena, trans. E. R. A. Sewter, Penguin, 1969, revised with introduction and notes by Peter Frankopan, 2009
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Feb 26, 2024 · The Alexiad describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father (1081-1118), making it one of the most important sources of …
Anna Comnena's Alexiad [Byzantine History, 1070s-1118]
Nov 28, 2023 · Anna was the daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, and the Alexiad describes events of his reign, including Byzantine internal affairs, the First Crusade, …
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Sep 29, 2009 · The Alexiad is the Iliad of Byzantium. It reads like a novel, but is a history by Anna Komene the daughter of Emperor Alexius I of Constantinople (the famous emperor during The …
Alexiad, a history of her father’s reign. The Alexiad is a vivid, detailed and generally trustworthy narrative, every page of which reveals the writer’s passionate personality. It is a uniquely …
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Jan 5, 2017 · [Notorious article in which this Oxford historian seeks to deny Anna's authorship of the Alexiad and to claim that the military accounts in the Alexiad were by her husband …
Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook
THE ALEXIAD OF ANNA COMNENA. BOOK I. From Alexius' Youth to the Last Months of Botaniates' Reign [7] I The Emperor Alexius, who was also my father, had been of great …
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Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the...
The Emperor Alexios, my father (Chapter 1) - The Alexiad of Anna …
The Alexiad is everything you could ask a history to be. It is of course a great primary text, a source of precious information both for Byzantinists and for historians of the West. More than …
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The Alexiad recounts the life of Emperor Alexius I Komnenos and all the battles, unrests, riots and intrigues that came with being emperor at arguably one of the worst times you could possibly …
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The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena : being the history of the reign of her father, Alexius I, Emperor of the Romans, 1081-1118 A. D., translated by Elizabeth A. S. Dawes.
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Aug 6, 2009 · Written between 1143 and 1153 by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, The Alexiad is one of the most popular and revealing primary sources in the vast …
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Dec 8, 2014 · The Alexiad by Anna Comnena. Publication date 2003 Topics Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 1048-1118., Byzantine Empire -- History -- Alexius I Comnenus, 1081 …
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The "Alexiad " of Anna Comnena has long been used as a source of information by historians of the Byzantine Empire and by writers on the First Crusade, and numerous extracts from it have …
The Alexiad of Anna Comnena Summary & Study Guide
This Study Guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Alexiad …
The Alexiad - Penguin Random House
A revised edition of a medieval masterpiece—the first narrative history written by a woman Written between 1143 and 1153 by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, The …
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Aug 6, 2009 · A revised edition of Anna Komnene's Alexiad, to replace our existing 1969 edition. This is the first European narrative history written by a woman - an account of the reign of a …
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The Alexiad : Anna Komnene. Translated by E. R. A. Sewter, revised with introduction and notes by Peter Frankopan. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the …
The Alexiad - Anna Komnene - Google Books
Written between 1143 and 1153 by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, The Alexiad is one of the most popular and revealing primary sources in the vast canon of medieval...