Anna Komnene's Alexiad

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Byzantine chronicle historical work medieval Greek prose work

Anna Komnene's Alexiad is a 12th-century Byzantine historical work that chronicles the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and the events of the First Crusade from a learned imperial princess’s perspective.

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Label Occurrences
Alexiad 3
Alexiad by Anna Komnene 2
Anna Komnene's Alexiad canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine chronicle ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
medieval Greek prose work ⓘ
alternateName Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
surface form: The Alexiad
author Anna Komnene ⓘ
authorOccupation imperial princess ⓘ
authorRelationToSubject daughter of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
bias critical of some Latin crusaders ⓘ
favorable to the Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
contains biographical details about Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
descriptions of crusader leaders ⓘ
theological and moral reflections ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 12th century ⓘ
focusesOn diplomatic relations with Western powers ⓘ
internal politics of the Byzantine court ⓘ
military campaigns of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
genre biographical history ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
historicalEventCovered Byzantine–Latin conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Crusader relations

First Crusade ⓘ
Norman–Byzantine conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Norman invasions of the Byzantine Empire

conflicts with the Seljuk Turks ⓘ
historicalValue major primary source for the First Crusade ⓘ
major primary source for the reign of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
influencedBy Plutarch ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
language Medieval Greek ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryInfluence classical Greek historiography ⓘ
mainSubject Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
First Crusade ⓘ
modernReception widely studied in Byzantine studies ⓘ
widely translated into modern languages ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
numberOfBooks 15 ⓘ
placeOfComposition Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
portrays Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
surface form: Alexios I Komnenos as a capable ruler
preservationStatus survives in multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ
setting Byzantine Empire ⓘ
structure divided into books ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early 12th century ⓘ
late 11th century ⓘ
reign of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
viewpoint Byzantine imperial perspective ⓘ
pro-Byzantine account of the First Crusade ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bohemond I of Antioch → describedBySource → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
Komnenos dynasty → associatedWork → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexiad
Anna Komnene's Alexiad → alternateName → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Alexiad
Anna Dalassene → sourceMention → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexiad by Anna Komnene
Anna Komnene → notableWork → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexiad
Anna Komnene → authorOf → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexiad
Irene Doukaina → knownFrom → Anna Komnene's Alexiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexiad by Anna Komnene