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17 produkter
Anna Komnene
The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian
Inbunden, 2016
1809 kr
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the throne, and writing the Alexiad, an epic history of her father Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) that is a key historical source for the era of the First Crusade. Anna Komnene: the Life and Work of a …
Anna Komnene
The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian
E-bok, 2016
467 kr
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the throne, and writing the Alexiad, an epic history of her father Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) that is a key historical source for the era of the First Crusade. Anna Komnene: the Life and Work of a …
Anna Komnene
The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian
E-bok, 2016
467 kr
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the throne, and writing the Alexiad, an epic history of her father Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) that is a key historical source for the era of the First Crusade. Anna Komnene: the Life and Work of a …
Anna Komnene
The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian
Häftad, 2018
657 kr
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the throne, and writing the Alexiad, an epic history of her father Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) that is a key historical source for the era of the First Crusade. Anna Komnene: the Life and Work of a …
Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100
Häftad, 2009
738 kr
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The imperial government over the central provinces of the Byzantine Empire c.950-1100 was both sovereign and apathetic, dealing effectively with a narrow set of objectives, chiefly collecting revenue and maintaining imperial sovereignty. Outside these spheres, action needed to be solicited from …
Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100
Inbunden, 2004
1526 kr
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The imperial government over the central provinces of the Byzantine Empire c.950-1100 was both sovereign and apathetic, dealing effectively with a narrow set of objectives, chiefly collecting revenue and maintaining imperial sovereignty. Outside these spheres, action needed to be solicited from …
Sailing Away from Byzantium Toward East Roman History
Häftad, 2025
291 kr
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Although the first thing one learns about the 'Byzantine Empire' is that it was really the eastern Roman empire, scholars have preferred to call it 'Byzantine' in a repudiation of the self-conception and emic vocabulary of the inhabitants of that polity. The terminology of 'Byzantium' artificially …
Sailing Away from Byzantium Toward East Roman History
Inbunden, 2025
930 kr
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Although the first thing one learns about the 'Byzantine Empire' is that it was really the eastern Roman empire, scholars have preferred to call it 'Byzantine' in a repudiation of the self-conception and emic vocabulary of the inhabitants of that polity. The terminology of 'Byzantium' artificially …
Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios
Inbunden, 2012
1677 kr
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Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the passive and unambitious husband of Princess Anna Komnene (author of the Alexiad), Bryennios is revealed …
Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing
Inbunden, 2018
972 kr
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This handy reference guide makes it easier to access and understand histories written in Greek between 600 and 1480 CE. Covering classicizing histories that continued ancient Greek traditions of historiography, sweeping, fast-paced 'chronicle' type histories, and dozens of idiosyncratic historical …
Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing
Häftad, 2018
452 kr
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This handy reference guide makes it easier to access and understand histories written in Greek between 600 and 1480 CE. Covering classicizing histories that continued ancient Greek traditions of historiography, sweeping, fast-paced 'chronicle' type histories, and dozens of idiosyncratic historical …
Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing
E-bok, 2018
427 kr
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This handy reference guide makes it easier to access and understand histories written in Greek between 600 and 1480 CE. Covering classicizing histories that continued ancient Greek traditions of historiography, sweeping, fast-paced ''chronicle'' type histories, and dozens of idiosyncratic …
Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing
E-bok, 2018
427 kr
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This handy reference guide makes it easier to access and understand histories written in Greek between 600 and 1480 CE. Covering classicizing histories that continued ancient Greek traditions of historiography, sweeping, fast-paced ''chronicle'' type histories, and dozens of idiosyncratic …
Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios
Häftad, 2016
531 kr
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Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the passive and unambitious husband of Princess Anna Komnene (author of the Alexiad), Bryennios is revealed …
Byzantine Gender
Häftad, 2019
302 kr
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Why were virtuous Byzantine women described as manly? Why were boys' bodies thought to be closer in constitution to those of women than adult men? Did Byzantines think eunuchs were men? This lively and personal book explains some key aspects of how people of the Medieval Roman Empire (Byzantine …
