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Chapter 7: A Short History of the Byzantine Empire

“The Byzantine Empire” by Willam Ochsenwald and Sydney Nettleton Fisher

Excerpts from “The Alexiad” by Princess Anna Comnena

Byzantine woman, Anna Komnene, writing The Alexiad in a dark room illuminated by window light. — Illustration of Anna Comnè writing the Alexiad in the monastery of Our Lady Full of Grace.
Date 4 December 2022. By Midjourney AI – Midjourney AI, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126395829.

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Religion, Politics and Society in the Premodern Middle East Copyright © 2023 by Stephen Cory, Ph.D.. All Rights Reserved.

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