Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 12935
Author(s): Tziatzi-Papagianni, Maria.
Contributor(s):
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.
2. Record Number: 9718
Author(s): Stephenson, Paul.
Contributor(s):
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.
3. Record Number: 6737
Author(s): Frankopan, Peter.
Contributor(s):
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.
4. Record Number: 4498
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
Contributor(s):
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.
5. Record Number: 4497
Author(s): Reinsch, Diether R.
Contributor(s):
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.
6. Record Number: 4501
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
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.
7. Record Number: 4496
Author(s): Macrides, Ruth.
Contributor(s):
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.
8. Record Number: 4500
Author(s): McKee, Sally.
Contributor(s):
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.
9. Record Number: 4494
Author(s): Magdalino, Paul.
Contributor(s):
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.
10. Record Number: 1745
Author(s): Hill, Barbara
Contributor(s):
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.
11. Record Number: 1743
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
Contributor(s):
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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Record Number: 1543
Author(s): Karpozilos, Apostolos.
Contributor(s):
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.
15. 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.
16. Record Number: 1159
Author(s): Takács, Sarolta A.
Contributor(s):
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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.