{"product_id":"anna-komnene-the-life-and-work-of-a-medieval-historian-9780190939892","title":"Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian","description":"Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the throne, and writing the \u003cem\u003eAlexiad, \u003c\/em\u003e an epic history of her father Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) that is a key historical source for the era of the First Crusade.\u003cem\u003e Anna Komnene: the Life and Work of a Medieval Historian\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the relationship between Anna's self-presentation in the \u003cem\u003eAlexiad\u003c\/em\u003e 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. Many of the idiosyncrasies and surprises of Anna's \u003cem\u003eAlexiad \u003c\/em\u003eare driven by her efforts to be perceived as both a good historian and a good woman. These new interpretations of Anna's authorial persona then spark a thorough re-thinking of the standard story which defines Anna's life by the failure of her supposed political ambitions. The second half of this work reviews the\u003cbr\u003emedieval sources with fresh eyes and re-establishes Anna's primary identity as an author and intellectual rather than as a failed conspirator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonora Neville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190939892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeonora Neville\u003c\/strong\u003e is the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Professor of Byzantine History at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author most recently of \u003cem\u003eHeroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40538715291763,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":68.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_97b4cef2-ab3d-483f-afa0-16cdf719fe98.jpg?v=1666703302","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/anna-komnene-the-life-and-work-of-a-medieval-historian-9780190939892","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}