Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 20864
Author(s): Roselli, Emanuela
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Title : Anna Comnena e la tragedia greca [Anna Komnena quoted Greek tragedy, sometimes through intermediate sources. At other times, she quoted directly from Euripides. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Medioevo Greco: Rivista di Storia e Filologia Bizantina , 8., ( 2008):  Pages 275 - 281.
Year of Publication: 2008.
2. Record Number: 12935
Author(s): Tziatzi-Papagianni, Maria.
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Title : Über Zitate und Anspielungen in der "Alexias" Anna Komnenens sowie Anklänge derselben in den späteren Geschichtsschreibern [Author follows up on her review of "Annae Comnenae Alexias," edited by D. R. Reinsch and A. Kambylis (2001), in "Byzantinische Zeitschrift" 96 (2003): 762-772, with citations of sources (Greek literature, Bible, Patristic authors, hymns, Greek historians, other Greek writers, and Anna's own writings) and recipients in later historical writing. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Byzantinische Zeitschrift , 97., 1 ( 2004):  Pages 167 - 186.
Year of Publication: 2004.
3. Record Number: 9718
Author(s): Stephenson, Paul.
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Title : Anna Comnena's "Alexiad" as a Source for the Second Crusade?
Source: Journal of Medieval History , 29., 1 (March 2003):  Pages 41 - 54.
Year of Publication: 2003.
4. Record Number: 6737
Author(s): Frankopan, Peter.
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Title : Perception and Projection of Prejudice: Anna Comnena, the "Alexiad," and the First Crusade [The author argues that historians' judgment of Anna Komnena and her "Alexiad" is biased and inaccurate. He suggests that the errors in the text are a result of her sources and that she goes out of her way to present her father, the emperor, in an accurate and balanced fashion. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Gendering the Crusades.   Edited by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert .   University of Wales Press, 2001. Journal of Medieval History , 29., 1 (March 2003):  Pages 59 - 76.
Year of Publication: 2001.
5. Record Number: 4495
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
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Title : Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Anna Komnene's Attempted Usurpation
Source: Anna Komnene and Her Times.   Edited by Thalia Gouma-Peterson .   Garland Publishing, 2000.  Pages 45 - 62.
Year of Publication: 2000.
6. Record Number: 20895
Author(s): Nardi, Eva
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Title : Bella come luna, fulgida come il sole: un appunto sulla donna nei testi bizantinii dell'XI e XII secolo [Byzantine sources added to the passive qualities ascribed to a good woman by the classics. Christian virtues like faith, beauty, and good character were described in terms of light. Beauty of form was believed, in the Platonic tradition, to reflect beauty of the soul. Annihilaation of the female ego was supposed to let the divine light shine through. Writers discussed include Michael Psellos, George Tornikis (bishop of Ephesus), Basil of Achrida, and Anna Komnena. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Medioevo Greco: Rivista di Storia e Filologia Bizantina , ( 2000):  Pages 135 - 141.
Year of Publication: 2000.
7. Record Number: 4498
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
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Title : Gender and Power: Passages to the Maternal in Anna Komnene's "Alexiad"
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.
8. Record Number: 4497
Author(s): Reinsch, Diether R.
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Title : Women's Literature in Byzantium? The Case of Anna Komnene [The author examines Anna's portrayal of powerful women who were actively involved in politics (Anna Dalassena, Irene Doukaina, Maria of Alania, and Anna Komnena herself)].
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.
9. Record Number: 4499
Author(s): Everhart, Deborah.
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Title : Anna Komnene, Learned Women, and the Book in Byzantine Art [The author examines the representation of women in art with books or scrolls and argues that it was probably influenced by the female members of the imperial family who valued and promoted learning].
Source: Anna Komnene and Her Times.   Edited by Thalia Gouma-Peterson .   Garland Publishing, 2000.  Pages 125 - 156.
Year of Publication: 2000.
10. Record Number: 4493
Author(s): Laiou, Angeliki.
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Title : Introduction: Why Anna Komnene? [The author explores the reasons why Anna Komnena commands our attention].
Source: Anna Komnene and Her Times.   Edited by Thalia Gouma-Peterson .   Garland Publishing, 2000.  Pages 1 - 14.
Year of Publication: 2000.
11. Record Number: 4501
Author(s):
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Title : Why Is the "Alexiad" a Masterpiece of Byzantine Literature? [The author emphasizes Anna's borrowings both from the "Iliad" and the "Chronography" by Psellos].
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.
12. Record Number: 4496
Author(s): Macrides, Ruth.
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Title : The Pen and the Sword: Who Wrote the "Alexiad"? [the author examines the questions around Anna's authorship of the "Alexiad" and argues against the 1996 volume by James Howard-Johnston in which he maintained that Anna's husband, Nikephoros Bryennios, was the author because no woman would be able to write so knowledgeably about military campaigns].
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.
13. Record Number: 4500
Author(s): McKee, Sally.
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Title : Bohemond and the Rooster: Byzantines, Normans, and the Artful Ruse [The author examines the political and military stratagems that were practiced both by the Normans and Byzantines; Anna Komnena made frequent mention of these tricks].
Source: Anna Komnene and Her Times.   Edited by Thalia Gouma-Peterson .   Garland Publishing, 2000.  Pages 157 - 168.
Year of Publication: 2000.
14. Record Number: 4494
Author(s): Magdalino, Paul.
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Title : The Pen of the Aunt: Echoes of the Mid-Twelfth Century in the "Alexiad" [the author examines Anna's image of her father where his piety and concern for learning receive just as much emphasis as his military prowess; the author suggests that Anna in her writing frequently reacted to circumstances concerning the reigning emperor, Manuel, whom she disliked].
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.
15. Record Number: 1741
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
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Title : The ideal Imperial Komnenian Women [drawing upon funeral orations and speeches, the author analyzes the female virtues praised before the emperor (beauty, piety, fertility, and modesty) and those for a female patron (self-control, learning, and wisdom)].
Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 23., ( 1996):  Pages 7 - 18. Revised papers that were originally read at the session entitled "Komnenian Culture" at the Twentieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 21, 1994
Year of Publication: 1996.
16. Record Number: 1745
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
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Title : A Vindication of the Rights of Women to Power by Anna Komnene [on the active role of Anna Dalassena and Irene Doukaina].
Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 23., ( 1996):  Pages 45 - 53. Revised papers that were originally read at the session entitled "Komnenian Culture" at the Twentieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 21, 1994
Year of Publication: 1996.
17. Record Number: 5566
Author(s): Iorio, Raffaele.
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Title : La duchessa Sikelgaita, una longobarda normannizzata [Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, married Sikelgaita of Salerno to ally himself with the last Lombard princely house in southern Italy; Sikelgaita promoted the interests of her son, Roger Borsa, over those of her stepson, Bohemund of Antioch; Anna Komnena
Source: Quaderni Medievali , 41., (giugno 1996):  Pages 27 - 88.
Year of Publication: 1996.
18. Record Number: 1743
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
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Title : Engendered Category or Recognizable Life: Anna Komnene and her "Alexiad"
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1996.
19. Record Number: 1744
Author(s): Takács, Sarolta A.
Contributor(s):
Title : Oracles and Science- Anna Comnena's Comments on Astrology
Source: Byzantinische Forschungen , 23., ( 1996):  Pages 35 - 44. Revised papers that were originally read at the session entitled "Komnenian Culture" at the Twentieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 21, 1994
Year of Publication: 1996.
20. Record Number: 1158
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
Contributor(s):
Title : A Vindication of the Rights of Women to Power by Anna Komnene [treatment of Anna's grandmother, Anna Dalassena, and her mother, Irene Doukaina, in the "Alexiad"].
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1995.
21. Record Number: 1543
Author(s): Karpozilos, Apostolos.
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Title : Charax/"Charkenos" in the "Alexiad" of Anna Comnena [Charax is identified tentatively as a trading post near Nikomedia; Anna Komnena used the geographic terms to refer to the man who impersonated Leo, the son of the emperor Romanus Diogenes].
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1995.
22. Record Number: 1156
Author(s): Brand, Charles M.
Contributor(s):
Title : Anna Comnena: Woman and Historian
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1995.
23. Record Number: 1159
Author(s): Takács, Sarolta A.
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Title : Convergence of Silence and Articulation: Anna Komnena's Filial Devotion and Philosophical Zeal
Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 21., ( 1995):  Pages 16
Year of Publication: 1995.
24. Record Number: 1157
Author(s): Guynn, Noah D.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Women of the "Alexiad"
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1995.
25. Record Number: 3624
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
Contributor(s):
Title : Engendered Category of Recognizable Life: Anna Comnena and her "Alexiad"
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1994.
26. Record Number: 3625
Author(s): Takacs, Sarolta A.
Contributor(s):
Title : Oracles, Pebbles and Science- Anna Comnena's Comments on Astrology
Source: Byzantine Studies Conference. Abstracts of Papers , 20., ( 1994):  Pages 26
Year of Publication: 1994.
27. Record Number: 10892
Author(s): Thomas, R. D.
Contributor(s):
Title : Anna Comnena’s Account of the First Crusade: History and Politics in the Reigns of the Emperors Alexius I and Manuel I Comnenus [Anna Komnena’s account exhibits a tension between her feminine posture (as a woman author and dutiful daughter of Emperor Alexios) and more masculine aspirations (including interests in court politics and imperial power, traits commonly associated with m
Source: Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies , 15., ( 1991):  Pages 269 - 312.
Year of Publication: 1991.