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Название: Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian
Автор: Leonora Neville
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2016
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 254
Размер: 16.7 Мб
Язык: English
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 Medieval Historian investigates the relationship between Anna's self-presentation in the Alexiad and the story of her bloodthirsty ambition. It begins by asking why women did not write history in Anna's society, what cultural rules Anna broke by doing so, and how Anna tried to respond to those challenges in her writing.