ANNA COMNENA

kŏmnēˈnə, b. 1083, d. after 1148, Byzantine princess and historian; daughter of Emperor Alexius I. She plotted, during and after her father's reign, against her brother, John II, in favor of her husband, Nicephorus Bryennius, whom she wished to rule as emperor. Having failed, she retired to a convent. There she wrote the Alexiad (finished in 1148), one of the outstanding Greek historical works of the Middle Ages. Covering the reign of Alexius I and the First Crusade, it tends to glorify her father and his family; however, Anna's familiarity with public affairs and her access to the imperial archives give her work great value. There is an English translation by E. R. Sewter (1979).

See biography by G. Buckler (1929).

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books on: Anna Comnena  - 164 results

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Gendering the Crusades
Book by Susan B. Edgington, Sarah Lambert; University of Wales Press, 2001
Subjects: Crusades--Participation, Female, Women In Christianity--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500
...Perception and Projection of Prejudice: Anna Comnena, the Alexiad and the First Crusade...Can anyone reading the Alexiad of Anna Comnena doubt that a person so well informed...I Comnenus, outside its walls. Anna Comnena, the emperors historian daughter...
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Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204
Book by Paul Stephenson; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--Politics And Government, Byzantine Empire--Ethnic Relations, Byzantine Empire--Politics And Government--1081-1453, Byzantine Empire--Politics And Government--527-1081
...Comnenus , but the Alexiad by Anna Comnena . Most abbreviated titles are self-evident...a whole. In the twelfth century Anna Comnena uses horos, horion and horismos...biography produced by Alexius daughter Anna. A recent collection of essays...
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Neglected Heroes: Leadership and War in the Early Medieval Period
Book by Terry L. Gore; Praeger Publishers, 1995
Subjects: Military History, Medieval
...from one strictly to the warlord and nation to one involving Christ, as well. Then, beginning with Fulchers and Anna Comnenas chronicles of the First Crusade through Peter of Bloiss comments at the end of the twelfth century, a gradual degeneration...
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Warfare, State, and Society in the Byzantine World, 565-1204
Book by John Haldon; UCL Press, 1999
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History, Military, Byzantine Empire--Politics And Government, Military Art And Science--Byzantine Empire, War And Society--Byzantine Empire
...distaste for war and fighting. 46 Anna Comnena condemns as bad generalship purposefully...and Pechenegs, Turks and Normans, Anna Comnena, daughter of the emperor Alexios...to a worthwhile end. 57 Yet Anna also relished a detailed account...
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The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire
Book by J. M. Hussey; Clarendon Press, 1990
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Church History, Orthodox Eastern Church--Byzantine Empire
...Government in Exile: Government and Society under the Laskarids of Nicaea 1204-1261 Oxford, 1975 Anna Comnena Anna Comnena, Alexiad , ed. B. Leib Bude with French trans., Paris, 1937-45 , 3 vols. ASS Acta Sanctorum...
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Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the Genesis of Medieval Romance
Journal article by Geraldine Heng; Differences, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Women, Women--United States
...disproportionate to themselves by their acts. Anna Comnena and Arab chroniclers exclaim over...them-impressive physical size of the Latins, Anna representing the Norman leader...native populations of the region. Anna Comnena routinely calls Constantinople...
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Walter Scott and European Union
Journal article by Robert Crawford; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Authors, Scottish--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Canon (Literature)--Analysis, Romanticism--Research, Scott, Walter--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Paris Scott considers the female historian the Princess Anna Comnena, some of whose writings underpin the narrative. In each...him; yet he also exhibited in Philippe des Comines, in Anna Comnena, and in his own example figures of the powerful writer...
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Bibliographies of Women and the Military in History
Journal article by Reina Pennington; Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects: United States. Army
...Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2002. Comnena, Anna. The Alexiad of Anna Comnena. Trans. Sewter, E.R.A. New York: Penguin, 1969...Peace and War. London: Macmillan, 1987. Macias, Anna. Against All Odds: The Feminist Movement in Mexico...
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Gendering the Crusades
Journal article by Louis Haas; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Gendering the Crusades (Book)--Book reviews
...Lastly, there is a sizable category looking at the sources for women in the crusades, including an excellent defense of Anna Comnena as a historian by Peter Frankopan. Moreover, most of the articles examine to one degree or another the medieval perception...
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Women of Byzantium
Journal article by Warren Treadgold; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Women of Byzantium (Book)--Book reviews
...imperial wife, and the historian Anna Comnena as a "passionate voice." In part...218). Yet Connor herself records Anna Comnenas condemnation of "the scandal and...noticed by this reviewer is of Anna for her "snobbish attitude" in...
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What Do We Mean by Europe
Magazine article by J.G.A. Pocock; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 21, Winter 1997
Subjects: Civilization, Western--History, Europe--History, European Union--Evaluation, Geographical perception--Evaluation, Historiography--Europe
...early-12th-century Greek historian Anna Comnena to write that all "Europe" seemed...the new Latin civilization - to Anna Comnena purely barbaric - could claim a...its history. * The Alexiad of Anna Comnena, translated by E. R. A. Sewter...
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The Myths of Medieval Warfare
Magazine article by Sean Mcglynn; History Today, Vol. 44, January 1994
Subjects: Middle Ages--Military aspects, Military history--13th century, War--History
...maintaining tight formation during the assault, thereby creating an irresistible force that could, according to the Byzantine, Anna Comnena, break through the walls of Babylon. The victory won by Simon de Montforts greatly outnumbered French force at Muret...
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From Saint to Santa Claus: How Did a Charitable Local Bishop Become a Worldwide Symbol of Rampant Consumerism? Jeremy Seal Traces St Nicholas's Remarkable 1,650-Year Journey
Magazine article by Jeremy Seal; Geographical, Vol. 77, December 2005
Subjects: Bishops--Religious aspects, Bishops--Social aspects, Consumer advocacy, Consumerism, Turkey--Religious aspects
...seems to have resonated quite like it, commending him as a most effective intercessor. Indeed, the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena described him during the 12th century as "the greatest saint in the hierarchy". The story of the Three Daughters is...
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The Persistence of Byzantium
Magazine article by Warren Treadgold; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 22, Autumn 1998
Subjects: Byzantium (Ancient city)--Analysis, Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--Analysis
...consort, yet another Theodora. Byzantium also had a few notable women writers, including the poet Cassia and the historian Anna Comnena. Like Byzantine aristocrats, however, Byzantine women showed scarcely any signs of solidarity as a group. Neither...


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encyclopedia articles on: Anna Comnena  - 7 results

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Anna Comnena
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANNA COMNENA an n komne n , b. 1083, d. after 1148, Byzantine princess and historian; daughter of Emperor Alexius I. She plotted, during...
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John II , Byzantine Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Byzantine emperor (1118 43), son and successor of Alexius I. He was crowned despite the intrigues of his sister, Anna Comnena , and of his mother, Irene. His attempts to cancel the commercial privileges granted the Venetians by Alexius were unsuccessful...
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Comnenus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Manuel I , Alexius II , and Andronicus I who reigned in the 11th and 12th cent., and of the historian, Princess Anna Comnena . Though unable to turn back the forces that contributed to the eventual downfall of the Byzantine Empire , they were...
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Alexius I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with the Turks and by the intrigues of his daughter Anna Comnena against his son and heir, John II. Alexius reign restored...draining imperial strength. See the study by his daughter Anna Comnena. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Greek Literature, Ancient
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...not generally well known to the West The most notable exception is the work of some historians (e.g., Procopius , Anna Comnena , George Acropolita, and Emperor John VI ) and some anthologists (e.g., Photius). Bibliography The Loeb Classical...
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