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Who's Who: Anna Comnena
This profile of the princess is part of our Who's Who in Medieval History resource. It includes Anna's occupations, achievements, significant dates, a quotation, and a brief summary of her life and work.

Anna Comnena - First Woman Historian
This article from the 1911 Encyclopedia includes a critque of the Alexiad.

Anna Comnena - Byzantine Princess - First Woman Historian
This profile by About Guide to Women's History Jone Johnson Lewis offers information about Anna's parents, education, and marriage, the death of her father, plots against her brother, and Anna's writings.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Anna Comnena
A concise bio by Thomas J. Shahan.

Anna Comnena (1083-1153) Byzantine Historian of the First Crusade
Part of the Female Heroes series at the Women in World History Curriculum.

The Alexiad: On the Crusades
Eight chapters from Anna's history from August. C. Krey's The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and Participants, online at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.

The Bad Manners of a Crusading Prince
A brief excerpt from James Harvey Robinson, ed., Readings in European History: Vol. I, online at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.

The Bogomils
A brief excerpt about the heretics from The Alexiad of the Princess Anna Comnena, translated by Elizabeth A. S. Dawes and online at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.