Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comena: The Alexiad
Click here to read excerpts from the "Alexiad", a historical account written by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, that chronicles the arrival of the first Crusaders.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Princess Who Rewrote History
Anna Komnene, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios, spent the last decade of her life creating a 500-page history of her father's reign called "The Alexiad." As a princess writing about her own family, she had to balance her loyalty to...