Ruth Macrides challenged James Howard-Johnston’s view that this woman’s work was written by a “latter-day Procopius” or her husband Nikephorus Bryennios. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this princess whose history The Alexiad is one of the few surviving Byzantine perspectives on the First Crusade.
ANSWER: Anna Komnene [or Anna Comnene; or Anna Comnena; accept Anna Comnenus; prompt on partial answers]
[10m] This historian chided Anna Komnene’s “awful reverence for titles and forms.” This English historian attributed poor civic virtue to the title event of his massive book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
ANSWER: Edward Gibbon
[10e] Like Empress Zoë, Anna Komnene was part of the Byzantine ruling class, meaning she was “born in” robes of this color traditionally reserved for the Roman Emperor and made with a Tyrian dye.
ANSWER: purple [or Tyrian purple; or porphryr]
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