Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad : : Emergence of a Personal History / / Larisa Vilimonovic.
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 re...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Central European Medieval Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 1 line drawing |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Behind the narrative poetics of Anna Komnene's Alexiad
- 1. Technē historikē
- 2. Image of the Ideal Ruler
- 3. Anna Komnene's Periautologia
- 4. The Pain of Niobe and Cry of Electra
- 5. Doukai - Construction of an Alternative Political Discourse
- 6. Komnenian Philia
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index