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Anna Comnena (Komnene). The Alexiad. Edited and translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes. London: Routledge, Kegan, Paul, 1928. [Dawes' translation was a literal one that kept very closely to the Greek text. Anna Comnena (Komnene). The Alexiad. Edited and translated by E.R.A. Sewter. Harmandsworth: Penguin,
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Anna Comnena is considered the world's first female historian and a major source of information about the reign of her father, Alexius I. Her works are full of details about daily life at court, the deeds of her family, and the exchanges between the Byzantines and western crusaders during the first crusades.
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APA citation. Shahan, T. (1907). Anna Comnena. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. MLA citation. Shahan, Thomas. "Anna Comnena." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 18 Oct. 2008 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm>.
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Among the sources for the First Crusade there is a history of the eastern emperor, Alexius, written by his daughter, Anna Comnena. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Anna Comnena...
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Anna Comnena (1083-1148?), Byzantine princess and historian, daughter of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, born in Constantinople. "Anna Comnena" Microsoft(R) Encarta. Copyright(c) 1995 Microsoft Corporation.
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Anna Comnena (1083-1146) was the eldest daughter of the emperor Alexios I Comnenos and Irene. She tried in vain to usurp the throne from her brother John II for her husband, Nikephoros, whose death in 1137 made her withdraw to a monastery, where she wrote the Alexiad, a 15-volume biography of her father.
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Anna Comnena, a daughter of a Byzantine emperor, was the first woman to write a history. She was also involved in history, attempting to substitute her husband for her brother in the succession. Anna Comnena was betrothed at a young age to Constantine Ducas, a cousin on her mother's side and a son of Michael VII,
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Anna Komnene
Anna Komnene or Comnena (Greek: Άννα Κομνηνή, Anna Komnēnē; December 1, 1083–1153) was a Byzantine princess and scholar, daughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina.
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(än´n k mn ´n ) (KEY) , b. 1083, d. after 1148, Byzantine princess and historian; daughter of Emperor Alexius I. She plotted, during and after her father’s reign, against her brother, John II, in favor of her husband, Nicephorus Bryennius, whom she wished to rule as emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
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ANNA COMNENA, daughter of the emperor Alexius I. Comnenus, the first woman historian, was born on the 1st of December 1083. She was her father's favourite and was carefully trained in the study of poetry, science and Greek philosophy. Resources Related to Anna Comnena...
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