{"id":55386,"date":"2020-03-02T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=55386"},"modified":"2021-01-02T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T19:45:34","slug":"history-makers-anna-komnena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/03\/02\/history-makers-anna-komnena\/","title":{"rendered":"History-Makers: Anna Komnena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qcqSdK-afWI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Overly Sarcastic Productions<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 28 Feb 2020<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s a Princess! She&#8217;s a Poet! She&#8217;s a Historian! She&#8217;s Anna Komnena \u2014 the COOLEST writer in the Byzantine Empire! On this episode of History-Makers, jump into the reign of Alexios Komnenos from the perspective of his daughter Anna, and learn about the emperor who saved the Byzantines from certain doom, as well as the traits that make Anna&#8217;s <em>Alexiad<\/em> a masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi, AKA &#8220;Indigo&#8221;.<br \/>\nOur content is intended for teenage audiences and up.<\/p>\n<p>Sources &#038; Further Reading: <em>The Alexiad<\/em> \u2014 obviously, what are you waiting for? (Also Norwich&#8217;s <em>Byzantium<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>PATREON: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/OSP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/OSP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DISCORD: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/h3AqJPe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/h3AqJPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MERCH LINKS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=qcqSdK-afWI&#038;event=video_description&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fpeople%2FOSPYouTube&#038;redir_token=QuVzErAtT_rn9rVyrJJWNiSZ6cd8MTU4MzE2NzI5N0AxNTgzMDgwODk3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/OSPY&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OUR WEBSITE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OSPYouTube\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OSPYouTube<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Reddit.com\/r\/OSP\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Reddit.com\/r\/OSP\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-02-History-Makers-Anna-Komnena.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overly Sarcastic Productions Published 28 Feb 2020 She&#8217;s a Princess! 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