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Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian

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Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian - Neville, Leonora
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Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for writing history and plotting to become empress by murdering her brother. This book explains how Anna broke her culture's rules for women's behavior by writing history, her efforts to be acceptable, and how her writing nonetheless fired the story of her bloodthirsty ambition.

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Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian 2018, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190939892

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Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian 2016, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190498177

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