Medievalists.net » Alexius I Comnenus http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Using Ancient Military Handbooks to fight Medieval Battles: Two stratagems used by Alexios I Comnenos against the Normans and the Pechenegs http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/13/using-ancient-military-handbooks-to-fight-medieval-battles-two-stratagems-used-by-alexios-i-comnenos-against-the-normans-and-the-pechenegs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/13/using-ancient-military-handbooks-to-fight-medieval-battles-two-stratagems-used-by-alexios-i-comnenos-against-the-normans-and-the-pechenegs/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:31:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46638 During the whole of his lengthy reign, Alexios I Comnenos (1081-1118) faced multiple military threats from many different opponents that seriously threatened the cohesion and the existence of the empire.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/13/using-ancient-military-handbooks-to-fight-medieval-battles-two-stratagems-used-by-alexios-i-comnenos-against-the-normans-and-the-pechenegs/feed/ 0 Ekphrasis in the Alexiad http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/10/ekphrasis-in-the-alexiad/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/10/ekphrasis-in-the-alexiad/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:11:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46525 Ekphrasis in the Alexiad By Niki Touriki Diogenes, Vol. 1 (2014) Introduction: The historical text of the Alexiad written by Anna Komnene in the mid-twelfth century constitutes the prime example of history-writing of the Komnenian period. Too much ink has been shed on the encomiastic nature of the work as well as on the author’s literary […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/10/ekphrasis-in-the-alexiad/feed/ 0 Lamentation, History, and Female Authorship in Anna Komnene’s Alexiad http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/22/lamentation-history-and-female-authorship-in-anna-komnenes-alexiad/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/22/lamentation-history-and-female-authorship-in-anna-komnenes-alexiad/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:42:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41763 Anna’s laments are grounded in a Greek tradition of female lamentation and reflect her deliberate decision to add a female voice along side the historian’s conventional dispassion.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/22/lamentation-history-and-female-authorship-in-anna-komnenes-alexiad/feed/ 0 “The English Exodus to Ionia”: The Identity of the Anglo-Saxon Varangians in the Service of Alexios Comnenos I (1081-1118) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/the-english-exodus-to-ionia-the-identity-of-the-anglo-saxon-varangians-in-the-service-of-alexios-comnenos-i-1081-1118/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/the-english-exodus-to-ionia-the-identity-of-the-anglo-saxon-varangians-in-the-service-of-alexios-comnenos-i-1081-1118/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:14:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37333 Most historians who focus on this period have examined the effects of the Norman invasion and its aftermath on the island itself, but few have studied the journeys of those who left England in search for new opportunities in foreign lands.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/the-english-exodus-to-ionia-the-identity-of-the-anglo-saxon-varangians-in-the-service-of-alexios-comnenos-i-1081-1118/feed/ 0 The Construction of the Two Palaces: The Composition of the Song of Digenis Akritas and the Claim for the Anatolic Hegemony of Alexius Komnenos http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/the-construction-of-the-two-palaces-the-composition-of-the-song-of-digenis-akritas-and-the-claim-for-the-anatolic-hegemony-of-alexius-komnenos/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/the-construction-of-the-two-palaces-the-composition-of-the-song-of-digenis-akritas-and-the-claim-for-the-anatolic-hegemony-of-alexius-komnenos/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:59:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34836 The arrival of the Komnenos-Doukas faction at the imperial throne, with the rising of Alexius Komnenos in 1081, represents a strong change in the rhetoric and sharing of power in Byzantium.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/the-construction-of-the-two-palaces-the-composition-of-the-song-of-digenis-akritas-and-the-claim-for-the-anatolic-hegemony-of-alexius-komnenos/feed/ 0 The Economic and Monetary Policy of the Byzantine Empire under Alexios I Komnenos http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/27/the-economic-and-monetary-policy-of-the-byzantine-empire-under-alexios-i-komnenos/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/27/the-economic-and-monetary-policy-of-the-byzantine-empire-under-alexios-i-komnenos/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 04:28:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32185 Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) has long been regarded as both the saviour of the Byzantine Empire, bringing it back from the brink of destruction, and as the orchestrator of its final decline.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/27/the-economic-and-monetary-policy-of-the-byzantine-empire-under-alexios-i-komnenos/feed/ 0 Anna Comnena, the Alexiad and the First Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/18/anna-comnena-the-alexiad-and-the-first-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/18/anna-comnena-the-alexiad-and-the-first-crusade/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:22:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28017 By her own account Anna Comnena began to write the Alexiad shortly after the death of her husband, Nicephorus Bryennios, in 1137.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/18/anna-comnena-the-alexiad-and-the-first-crusade/feed/ 0 The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-byzantine-perspective-of-the-first-crusade-a-reexamination-of/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-byzantine-perspective-of-the-first-crusade-a-reexamination-of/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22906 The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal Nelson, Laura M. (west Virginia Unicersity) M.A. Thesis, Medieval Art, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University (2007) Abstract Scholars have generally ignored the Crusades from the Byzantine perspective with the majority of scholarship focusing on the Western, and more recently, […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-byzantine-perspective-of-the-first-crusade-a-reexamination-of/feed/ 0 An analysis of the strategy and tactics of Alexios I Komnenos http://www.medievalists.net/2010/10/25/an-analysis-of-the-strategy-and-tactics-of-alexios-i-komnenos/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/10/25/an-analysis-of-the-strategy-and-tactics-of-alexios-i-komnenos/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:56:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=11723 : This thesis is an attempt to analyze the strategy and tactics used in the most pivotal battles and wars waged by Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor from 1081-1118.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/10/25/an-analysis-of-the-strategy-and-tactics-of-alexios-i-komnenos/feed/ 0 The Tactics and Strategy of Alexius Comnenus at Calavrytae, 1078 http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/the-tactics-and-strategy-of-alexius-comnenus-at-calavrytae-1078/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/the-tactics-and-strategy-of-alexius-comnenus-at-calavrytae-1078/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:31:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=2769 I shall thoroughly analyze the battle for which we have two seperate and detailed accounts. One is provided by the Alexiad of Princess Anna Comnena, the daughter of Domestic of the Schools, who led the imperial forces. The other is by the eldest son of the leader of the insurgents, Nicephorus Bryennius, also named Nicephorus Bryennius.

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