Alexiad

The Alexiad is a book written around the year 1148 by the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena, the daughter of Emperor Alexius I.

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In it, she describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father (1081-1118), making it one of the most important sources of information on the Byzantium of the Middle Ages.

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• Medieval Sourcebook: Alexiad - complete text, translated Elizabeth A. Dawes

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