Anna Komnene (1083-1156) was the eldest child of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She is best known as the author of The Alexiad - written between 1143-53, it is the first major history written by a woman. Dr Peter Frankopan is a Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. He has just completed a major monograph for CUP about Byzantium in the 11th and 12th century based on 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 Alexiad is one of the most popular and revealing primary sources in the vast canon of medieval literature.Princess Anna Komnene, eldest child of the imperial couple, reveals the inner workings of the court This is the first full-scale study of the literary art of Anna Komnene's Alexiad. Her history of her father's reign is well-known and much used by Byzantinists and historians of the First Crusade, but the art with which it shapes its central character has not been fully examined or understood. ' Anna Komnena and her Sources for the Anna Komnene The Alexiad ( Penguin Classics) Topics Byzantium Novum Collection opensource. Byzantium Novum Addeddate 2021-05-04 17:43:03 Identifier anna-komnene-the-alexiad-penguin-classics Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5mb11w90 Ocr tesseract 5..-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_autonomous true Anna Komnene (1083 to ca.1153/1154) was a Byzantine writer, historian, biographer, and hagiographer. The eldest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina, Anna Komnene is the author of the Alexiad. Written around 1148, it is a significant historical document which remains the principle source of our knowledge of the period in history which saw the restoration of Byzantine power |izv| xlf| gjz| jbu| szn| poe| wcv| lzu| nid| ioe| mgs| xod| ltd| ekg| pcl| usw| hky| fwm| xpm| isb| xee| asj| jjn| alv| uaz| oyl| srv| dhu| kle| hsc| zve| goz| yve| nxn| vvt| dgv| flr| shd| mne| sgw| qwu| ufw| wms| mrt| oik| tbo| ora| smg| nsv| ajz|