Our best primary source for Alexios Komnenos reign is The Alexiad written by his daughter Anna Komnene. I talk to Professor Leonora Neville about Anna's life and writing and how she overcame the obstacles facing a woman trying to write history.
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Episode 245 - Means and Ends
Episode 244 - Not Completely Unreasonable
Episode 243 - The Battle of Myriokephalon
The History of Byzantium on Youtube - Flash Point History
Episode 242 - Manuel’s Follies
History of Byzantium Tour - April 23 to May 2, 2022
Episode 241 - Hungary for Security
Episode 240 - Manuel’s Constantinople
Episode 239 - The New Aristocracy
Episode 238 - Queens of Jerusalem with Katherine Pangonis
Episode 237 - Manuel and Andronikos
Episode 236 - Why Make Peace?
Episode 235 - Sundered by Gold
Episode 234 - Changing Priorities
Episode 232 - The Second Crusade, Part 2
Episode 231 - The Second Crusade, Part 1
Episode 230 - The Sack of Edessa
Discussion with Marco Capelli about Byzantium and Italy
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