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Author: Anna Komnene Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141904542 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 1069
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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 Byzantine emperor through the eyes and words of his daughter which offers an unparalleled view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Author: Anna Komnene Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141904542 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 1069
Book Description
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 Byzantine emperor through the eyes and words of his daughter which offers an unparalleled view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Author: Ioulia Kolovou Publisher: Pen and Sword History ISBN: 1526733021 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 319
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“Kolovou . . . rescues Anna from the talons of misogynist historians and places her where she belongs as an extraordinary, but very human, woman.” —Beating Tsundoku A woman of extraordinary education and intellect, Anna Komnene was the only Byzantine female historian and one of the first and foremost historians in medieval Europe. Yet few people know of her and her extraordinary story. Subsequent historians and scholars have skewed the picture of Anna as an intellectual princess and powerful author. She has been largely viewed as an angry, bitter old woman, who greedily wanted a throne that did not belong to her. After being exiled to a convent, she composed the Alexiad, the history of the First Crusade and the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), her father. This book aims to present Anna Komnene—the fascinating woman, pioneer intellectual, and charismatic author—to the general public. Drawing on the latest academic research to reconstruct Anna’s life, personality and work, it moves away from the myth of Anna the conspirator and “power-hungry woman” which has been unfairly built around her over centuries of misrepresentation. It places Anna Komnene in the context of her own time: the ancient Greek colony and medieval Eastern Roman empire, known as Byzantium, with the magnificent city of Constantinople at its heart. At the forefront of an epic clash between East and West, this was a world renowned for its dazzling wealth, mystery and power games. This was a world with Anna Komnene directly at the center. “Well-written, well-researched, and an overall fascinating read . . . A brilliant addition to women’s history.” —Where There’s Ink There’s Paper
Author: Anna Comnena Publisher: Royal Classics ISBN: 9781774760727 Category : Languages : en Pages : 436
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Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text documents the Crusades and the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.
Author: Larisa Vilimonovic Publisher: ISBN: 9789462980389 Category : Byzantine Empire Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book introduces new methods of research for studying the Alexiad, aiming primarily at analysing Anna Komnene's literary expression.
Author: Peter Frankopan Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674064992 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 295
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According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II’s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade’s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade’s untold history.
Author: Leonora Alice Neville Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019049817X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 257
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for writing history and plotting to become empress by murdering her brother. This book explains how Anna broke her culture's rules for women's behavior by writing history, her efforts to be acceptable, and how her writing nonetheless fired the story of her bloodthirsty ambition.
Author: Lynda Garland Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN: 9780754657378 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
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This volume brings together a group of international scholars in new explorations of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of this collection is to investigate the participation of women - non-imperial women in particular - in supposedly 'masculine' fields of operation. Contributions focus on women's participation in the street life of Constantinople, their appearance in Byzantine fiscal documents, their monastic foundations, their costume and engagement with entertainment at the imperial court, and the way heroines are portrayed in the Byzantine novels.
Author: Leonora Neville Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107009456 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 259
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This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.
Author: Anna Komnene
Author: Anna Komnene
Author: Ioulia Kolovou
Author: Anna Comnena
Author: Larisa Vilimonovic
Author: Peter Frankopan
Author: Leonora Alice Neville
Author: Penelope Buckley
Author: Lynda Garland
Author: Thalia Gouma-Peterson
Author: Leonora Neville