| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Series |
Central European Medieval studies |
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Central European medieval studies.
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| Contents |
Techne historike -- Image of the ideal ruler -- Anna Komnene's Periautologia -- The pain of Niobe and cry of Electra -- Doukai: construction of an alternative political discourse -- Komnenian Philia |
| Summary |
The 'Alexiad', written in the twelfth century by a Byzantine princess, Anna Komnene, tells the story of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, offering accounts of its political and military history, including its involvement with the First Crusade. This book introduces new methods of research for studying the 'Alexiad', aiming primarily at analysing Anna Komnene?s literary expression. The book's approach focuses mainly on the author, the subject, the structure and the inner stylistic features, as well as the genre itself. The result is a substantially new outlook on the main Byzantine historiographical work of the twelfth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Comnena, Anna, 1083- Alexiad.
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Comnena, Anna, 1083- Alexiad -- Criticism, Textual
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| SUBJECT |
Comnena, Anna, 1083- Alexiad -- Criticism, Textual
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Comnena, Anna, 1083- Alexiad
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Alexiad (Comnena, Anna) fast |
| Subject |
Historians -- Byzantine Empire
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Historians
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Historiography
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| SUBJECT |
Byzantine Empire -- Historiography
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| Subject |
Byzantine Empire
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048529643 |
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9048529646 |
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