Episode 197 - Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville - a podcast by thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

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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