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New Video: Anna Komnena!
🕑 Added 2020-02-28 16:00:04 +0000 UTCIn last month's Patreon-exclusive poll on upcoming topics for History-Makers, your top 3 favorites were Anna Komnena, Shakespeare, and Confucius! And so the next three History-Makers they shall be!!! Stay tuned for Shakespeare in April and Confucius in June!
But for now, enjoy this look at the history of Anna Komnena, a writer who now stands very high on my list of "People Who Are So Damn Cool I Can't Process It".
Man, this past month is really not helping my growing adoration for the Byzantine Empire...
-B
Comments
Luke Alexander Williams
Heya Blue! A podcast I listen to The History of Byzantium, just had an interview with a professor Lenora Neville about Anna Komnene and sheds some interesting light on her role in supposedly trying to overthrow her brother! (Short answer: she apparently didn't) really cool stuff overall! Love the content with my Greeks, Romans and Byzantines and others! Keep up the awesome work! https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2021/02/16/episode-224-the-coup-of-anna-komnene-with-leonora-neville/
Bill Lemmond
Ordered a copy of The Alexiad, from Thrift Books. Looking forward to reading. Thanks for the introduction. :)
Angela Jordan Black
Fabulous video!
Born Again Geek
I had never heard of her, before your video. Though to be fair, I'd never cared about the Byzantine empire, before I found your channel. Please, both of you use my patreon money to by yourself a drink. You damn well deserve it.
Earl Tower
I'm really glad ya'll covered her biography. She is definitely one of the most interesting historians of that era.
