- The
Alexiad (Gr****: Ἀλεξιάς, romanized: Alexias) is a
medieval historical and
biographical text
written around the year 1148, by the
Byzantine princess...
- was a
Byzantine Gr****
princess and historian. She is the
author of the
Alexiad, an
account of the
reign of her father,
Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos...
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Norwich 1995, p. 2 "
Alexiad", 1.1
Norwich 1995, p. 3
Garland 2007
Finlay 1854, p. 59 "
Alexiad", 2.2.1–2
Norwich 1995, p. 5 "
Alexiad", 2,1,4–6, 2.3.2–3...
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little is
known about his life, and that
mostly from only one source, the
Alexiad of the
Byzantine princess Anna Komnene,
daughter of
Emperor Alexios I Komnenos...
- Anna Comnena. The
Alexiad, 4.3.
Norwich 1995, p. 18; Anna Comnena. The
Alexiad, 4.5.
Haldon 2001, p. 134; Anna Comnena. The
Alexiad, 4.5.
Haldon 2001...
- The
Alexiad, 1.12.
Treadgold 1997, p. 614. Anna Comnena. The
Alexiad, 1.12.
Norwich 1995, p. 15.
Norwich 1995, p. 16. Anna Comnena. The
Alexiad, 1.15...
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Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She
wrote a
history of the
First Crusade in the
Alexiad,
providing a view of the
campaign from the
Byzantine perspective. She was...
- Comnena,
trans E. R. A. Sewter, The
Alexiad, (1969, Penguin), Pp.42. Anna Comnena,
trans E. R. A. Sewter, The
Alexiad, (1969, Penguin), Pp.43. Choniates...
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retire there after her husband's death, and it was here that she
wrote the
Alexiad. The
monastery is last
attested in the 15th century, when the
Russian pilgrim...
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skilled swordsmen or archers. In some sources, such as Anna Komnene's The
Alexiad, they are
described as mounted; both
Vikings and
elite Anglo-Saxon warriors...
