Alexiad

The Alexiad ( Greek Ἀλεξιάς Alexia ) is around the year 1148 by the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena , daughter of Emperor I. Alexios , written historical work. It consists of 15 books in which the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire from the first military successes of their father under the emperors Michael VII and Nikephorus III. about his reign (1081–1118) until his death is described. It is one of the most important sources of information about the Byzantine and Middle Ages.

expenditure

• B. Leib (Ed.): Anna Comnène, Alexiade I – III. Paris 1939–1945 ( Byzantine Collection ).
• Diether Roderich Reinsch , Athanasios Kambylis : Annae Comnenae Alexias ( Corpus fontium historiae Byzantinae. Ser. Berolinensi 40). de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-11-015813-2 (original text).
• Anna Komnene: Alexias . Translated, introduced and annotated by Diether Roderich Reinsch. DuMont, Cologne 1996; 2nd edition de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-7701-3492-3 (German translation).

literature

• Vasilios Skoulatos: Les Personnages Byzantins de l'Alexiade. Analysis Prosopographique et Synthesis. Nauwelaerts, Louvain-la-Neuve 1980, ISBN 978-2-87463-436-9

Web links

Commons : Alexias  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Original Greek text
• English translation of the Alexiad