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Anna Komnene : the life and work of a medieval historian

The authorial persona constructed by Anna Komnene in her Alexiad (a history of her father the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios Komnenos, 1081-1118) responded to the challenges Byzantine culture created for female historical authorship. Fundamental cultural conceptions of masculinity, femininity, authority...

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Main Author:	Neville, Leonora Alice (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type:	Online Resource Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press , 2016
Series:	Onassis series in Hellenic culture
Subjects:	Comnena, Anna > 1083- Byzantine Empire > History > Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118
Online Access:	http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190498177.001.0001
Author Notes:	Leonora Neville
E-Book Packages:	Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection

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