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The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena / [translated by] Elizabeth A.S. Dawes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Comnena, Anna, 1083-
- Standardized Title:
- Alexiad. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 1048-1118.
- Byzantine Empire--History--Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118.
- Byzantine Empire.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 439 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Kegan Paul ; New York, NY : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting subjects. Princess Anna was the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, and a highly educated and cultured woman. This is the first and only full translation of this remarkable work, although it has been much quoted in various scholarly works. Sir Walter Scott relied heavily on it for his various accounts of the chivalric tradition.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0710309295
- OCLC:
- 53231265
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