Details

Subject(s)

• Comnena, Anna 1083-—Alexiad [Browse]
• Comnena, Anna 1083-—Alexiad—Criticism, Textual [Browse]
• Historians—Byzantine Empire [Browse]
• Byzantine Empire—Historiography [Browse]

Series

• Central European medieval studies [More in this series]
• Central European Medieval studies

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2019).

ISBN

• 9789048529643 (electronic book)
• 9048529646 (electronic book)

OCLC

1066248078

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