'The shining light of the world, the great Alexius' Anna Comnena () 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 the First Crusade, in which Alexius participated.4/5. Anna Comnena The Alexiad translated by Elizabeth A. S. Dawes In parentheses Publications Byzantine Series Cambridge, Ontario PREFACE I. Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity, no matter if they be quite. · THE ALEXIAD. INTRODUCTION, by E.A. Dawes. PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. The "Alexiad " of Anna Comnena has long been used as a source of information by historians of the Byzantine Empire and by writers on the First Crusade, and numerous extracts from it have been quoted and translated, yet a complete English translation of it has not been published before.
THE ALEXIAD ADVISORY EDITOR: BETTY RADICE The Byzantine historian ANNA COMNENA (AD ) was the eldest child of the Emperor Alexius I, and from earliest childhood was in daily contact with the leading figures of the Empire. Anna Comnena The Alexiad translated by Elizabeth A. S. Dawes In parentheses Publications Byzantine Series Cambridge, Ontario PREFACE I. Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity, no matter if they be quite. Anna Comnena () 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 the First Crusade, in which Alexius participated. While the Byzantines were allied to the Crusaders, they were none t.
The Alexiad. by. Anna Comnena, E.R.A. Sewter (Introduction) · Rating details · ratings · 63 reviews. 'The shining light of the world, the great Alexius'. Anna Comnena () 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 the First Crusade, in which Alexius participated. The Alexiad is a history of the ruler of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnena who presided over what is often referred to as the Comnenian Restoration in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. The Byzantine Empire, the descendant of the Eastern Roman Empire, was ruled by the Emperor from Constantinople. The Alexiad is written by the daughter of Alexius, Anna Comnena who writes a history of her father's deeds, stridently and frequently maintaining that she can give an impartial record despite. The Alexiad is a medieval historical and biographical text written around the year , by the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene, daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. It was written in a form of artificial Attic Greek. Anna described the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, thus providing a significant account on the Byzantium of the High Middle Ages. Among other topics, the Alexiad documents the Byzantine Empire's interaction with the Crusades.
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