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Book Synopsis The Alexiad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by : Anna Comnena
Download or read book The Alexiad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Anna Comnena and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Alexiad by Anna Komnene (Annotated) by : Anna Komnene
Download or read book The Alexiad by Anna Komnene (Annotated) written by Anna Komnene and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-22 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Alexiad (Annotated) by : Anna Komnene
Download or read book The Alexiad (Annotated) written by Anna Komnene and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated edition is translated by Elizabeth A.S. Dawes. Anna's description of 11th century CE Byzantium, which covers not only major events but also many physical descriptions and other details such as protocols and clothing, has become an invaluable source for modern historians. Anna was likewise sharp that her work present an objective perspective of events, in spite of the fact that she herself admits the Alexiad is to some degree prejudiced, or possibly an incomplete biography of her father.
Download or read book The Alexiad written by Anna Comnena and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alexiad written by Anna Komnene and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 1069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Anna Komnene and Her Times by : Thalia Gouma-Peterson
Download or read book Anna Komnene and Her Times written by Thalia Gouma-Peterson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Anna Komnene and the Alexiad by : Ioulia Kolovou
Download or read book Anna Komnene and the Alexiad written by Ioulia Kolovou and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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
Book Synopsis The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena by : Anna Comnena
Download or read book The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena written by Anna Comnena and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad by : Larisa Vilimonovic
Download or read book Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad written by Larisa Vilimonovic and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces new methods of research for studying the Alexiad, aiming primarily at analysing Anna Komnene's literary expression.
Book Synopsis The Alexiad of Anna Comnena by : Anna Comnena
Download or read book The Alexiad of Anna Comnena written by Anna Comnena and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 1969 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alexiad written by A. Comnena and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena by : Anna Comnena
Download or read book The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena written by Anna Comnena and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1928 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Search for Cleopatra by : Michael Foss
Download or read book The Search for Cleopatra written by Michael Foss and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 1999-09-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myths surrounding Cleopatra are so vast and so contradictory that it is difficult to separate the real woman from the legend. For centuries she has been portrayed as an Asian femme fatale, the entrapping seductress of both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, and as a stunningly beautiful and ruthless queen who used her sexual wiles to subvert the course of Roman rule. In this biography, Michael Foss looks at the myths and then beyond, using fresh research to bring to life the historical Cleopatra. What emerges in vivid detail is the image of a woman with physical grace and appeal, whose mind and political acumen were a match for Rome's mighty rulers. Handsomely illustrated and impeccably documented, The Search for Cleopatra offers a portrait of one of the most absorbing and intriguing figures of all history.
Book Synopsis Religion in the Alexiad by : Marin Cerchez
Download or read book Religion in the Alexiad written by Marin Cerchez and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project calls into question the degree of religiosity in Byzantium. Traditionally it has been held that Byzantines were extremely religious and deeply concerned with Orthodoxy. "Byzantine Orthodoxy" has been regarded by non-Orthodox observers as exceptional and exotic, and by Orthodox adherents as immutable and eternal. Both perspectives have inhibited the understanding of Medieval Roman (Byzantine) religion. This project argues against the use of Orthodoxy as a universal framework of analysis of Byzantine religion. My project is a case study analysis of the Alexiad of Anna Komnene, a principal source of information for eleventh and twelfth century Byzantium. Its objective is to analyze the appearance and use of religious ideas, images, and rhetoric by Anna Komnene in the Alexiad, and to determine their cultural logic both in Anna's text and in the Byzantine society of the twelfth century. The introduction surveys existing research and explains my methodology. Chapter One analyzes the image of the Mother of God in the Alexiad. The use of religious imagery of the Mother of God, nun and Pulcheria aims at rendering harmless all gender-related criticism directed against Alexios and his mother, Anna Dalassene. Chapter Two studies the image of Christ in the Alexiad. I start with the standard paradigm of Christ Pantokrator (Ruler of All) and discover a new form of Christ Suffering. This image helped Anna to counter criticisms directed against military and political failures of her father. Chapter Three focuses on the image of David. The dominant view in scholarship has been that the image of David was of paramount importance for Byzantine emperors. Instead Anna focuses on human agency and the image of Divine Providence. Chapter Four examines the image of the Thirteenth Apostle in the Alexiad. The analysis of the composition of the narrative shows that Anna used the description of heresies and Alexios as a missionary to present him as a spiritual victor and a great emperor. The conclusion surveys the results of my literary analysis of the Alexiad and draws conclusions about their cultural logic in Byzantine religion and religious culture in the twelfth century
Download or read book Annotated Books Received written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Byzantine Women written by Lynda Garland and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis An Annotated Index of Medieval Women by : Anne Echols
Download or read book An Annotated Index of Medieval Women written by Anne Echols and published by Markus Wiener Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bibliography of over 1500 women who lived between 800 and 1500 AD, listed alphabetically. There are details on their nationalities and brief summaries of available biographical references. The biographical category index allows the reader to find women by trade and profession.
