Anna Komnene And The Alexiad
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Anna Komnene And The Alexiad
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Author : Ioulia Kolovou
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-05-13
Anna Komnene And The Alexiad written by Ioulia Kolovou and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“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
The Alexiad
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Author : Anna Komnene
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-08-06
The Alexiad written by Anna Komnene and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-06 with Literary Collections categories.
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.
Alexiad
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Author : Anna Komnene
language : en
Publisher: LA CASE Books
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Alexiad written by Anna Komnene and has been published by LA CASE Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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 Byzantine war with the Normans, and on the First Crusade in which Alexius participated. While the Byzantines were allied to the Crusaders, they were nonetheless critical of their behaviour and Anna's book offers a startlingly different perspective to that of Western historians. Her character sketches are shrewd and forthright - from the Norman invader Robert Guiscard ('nourished by manifold evil') and his son Bohemond ('like a streaking thunderbolt') to Pope Gregory VII ('unworthy of a high priest'). The Alexiad is a vivid and dramatic narrative, which reveals as much about the character of its intelligent and dynamic author as it does about the fascinating period through which she lived.
The Alexiad Of Anna Komnene
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Author : Penelope Buckley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-27
The Alexiad Of Anna Komnene written by Penelope Buckley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-27 with Art categories.
A critical appraisal of the literary art of a great Byzantine text by the first woman historian, Anna Komnene.
The Alexiad
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Author : Anna Comnena
language : en
Publisher: Masterworks Classics
Release Date : 2015-05-01
The Alexiad written by Anna Comnena and has been published by Masterworks Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with History categories.
The Alexiad, a compelling, dramatic account of the Emperor Alexios of the Byzantine Empire (about 1050-1118), was written by Alexios' highly educated and articulate daughter, Anna Komnene. A princess raised in the royal court, Komnene (latinized as Comnena) is generally regarded as the first woman historian. She wrote the book from a convent during the last years of her life. This epic book covers the First Crusade, daily life at the court, internal plots and intrigues, wars and invasions, and religious heresies--all from the perspective of one who was there. It is the only primary source of the First Crusade from the Byzantine point of view. The translation from Greek to English by Elizabeth A. S. Dawes has been praised both for its readability and its accuracy.
The Alexiad 100 Copy Collector S Edition
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Author : Anna Comnena
language : en
Publisher: Royal Classics
Release Date : 2020-02-11
The Alexiad 100 Copy Collector S Edition written by Anna Comnena and has been published by Royal Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-11 with categories.
In The Alexiad, Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text is a reference on the Byzantium of the High Middle Ages, documenting the Crusades and highlighting the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.
Anna Komnene And Her Times
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Author : Thalia Gouma-Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-22
Anna Komnene And Her Times written by Thalia Gouma-Peterson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.
Anna Komnene
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Author : Leonora Alice Neville
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Anna Komnene written by Leonora Alice Neville and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
The Alexiad Of Anna Comnena
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Author : Anna Comnena
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date : 1969
The Alexiad Of Anna Comnena written by Anna Comnena and has been published by Penguin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Alexiad By Anna Komnene Annotated
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Author : Anna Komnene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-22
The Alexiad By Anna Komnene Annotated written by Anna Komnene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-22 with categories.
The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period.Procopius, the leading official historian of his time, lived during the testing and indulgent time of Emperor Justinian the Great and wrote the official records of the successful wars and the grand building projects of his ruler. These were words of aggrandisement. But covertly, Procopius kept a very different record: The Secret History, a vivid, salacious and detailed account of the outrageous behaviour of Justinian and his wife, Theodora, and the equally corrupt, licentious and cruel members of the court and administration of the time.This version of the book is annotated.