Anna Komnene

8 Podcast Episodes

Anna Komnene: the First Female Historian

Anna Komnene: the First Female Historian

In this week’s episode of Women Who Dared to Write, Katherine Pangonis explores the life and legacy of possibly the firs... Read more

27 Oct 2022

36mins

Episode 74: Anna Komnene. The First Female Historian. With Ioulia Kolovou

Episode 74: Anna Komnene. The First Female Historian. With Ioulia Kolovou

In this week we take a look at Anna Komnene. Also known as the first female historian, (in the west). Her infamous work ... Read more

7 Apr 2022

1hr 13mins

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Anna Komnene — Europe's First Female Historian

Anna Komnene — Europe's First Female Historian

If you were banished by your brother to a convent, how would you use all that “free” time? 12th-century Byzantine prince... Read more

11 May 2021

15mins

Life of Anna Komnene w. Dr. Leonora Neville

Life of Anna Komnene w. Dr. Leonora Neville

Anna Komnene was a historian, intellectual, and daughter of Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos. Professor & Depar... Read more

4 Apr 2021

55mins

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Episode 224 - The Coup of Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville

Episode 224 - The Coup of Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville

Our final episode on Alexios' reign returns us to our first. Back in episode 197 we interviewed Professor Leonora Nevill... Read more

23 Feb 2021

33mins

Walentina Tereschkowa & Anna Komnene - #5

Walentina Tereschkowa & Anna Komnene - #5

Dadurch, dass das weibliche* Geschlecht so lange als Ausschließungsgrund für quasi alle menschlichen Aktivitäten galt, g... Read more

14 Jan 2021

1hr 9mins

Episode 197 - Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville

Episode 197 - Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville

Our best primary source for Alexios Komnenos reign is The Alexiad written by his daughter Anna Komnene. I talk to Profes... Read more

24 Jan 2020

49mins

HoP 313 - Queen of the Sciences - Anna Komnene and her Circle

HoP 313 - Queen of the Sciences - Anna Komnene and her Circle

Princess Anna Komnene makes good use of her political retirement by gathering a circle of scholars to write commentaries... Read more

2 Dec 2018

20mins

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