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Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

By: Leonora Neville

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Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

By: Leonora Neville

This handy reference guide makes it easier to access and understand histories written in Greek between 600 and 1480 CE. Covering classicizing histories that continued ancient Greek traditions of historiography, sweeping, fast-paced 'chronicle' type histories, and dozens of idiosyncratic historical texts, it distills the results of complex, multi-lingual, specialist scholarship into clear explanations of the basic information needed to approach each medieval Greek history. It provides a sound basis for further research on each text by describing what we know about the time of composition, content covered by the history, authorship, extant manuscripts, previous editions and translations, and basic bibliography. Even-handed explanations of scholarly debates give readers the information they need to assess controversies independently. A comprehensive introduction orients students and non-specialists to the traditions and methods of Byzantine historical writing. It will prove an invaluable timesaver for Byzantinists and an essential entry point for classicists, western medievalists, and students.

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110866394X

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Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

By: Leonora Neville

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Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

By: Leonora Neville

The imperial government over the central provinces of the Byzantine Empire was sovereign and, at the same time, apathetic, dealing effectively with a narrow set of objectives, chiefly collecting revenue and maintaining imperial sovereignty. Outside of these spheres, action needed to be solicited from imperial officials, leaving vast opportunities for local people to act independently without legal stricture or fear of imperial involvement. In the absence of imperial intervention provincial households competed with each other for control over community decisions. The emperors exercised just enough strength at the right times to prevent the leaders of important households in the core provinces from becoming rulers themselves. Membership in a successful household, wealth, capacity for effective violence and access to the imperial court were key factors that allowed one to act with authority. This book examines in detail the mechanisms provincial households used to acquire and dispute authority.

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Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

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Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios

By: Leonora Neville

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The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios

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This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.

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1107009456

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Anna Komnene

The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian

By: Leonora Neville

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Anna Komnene

The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian

By: Leonora Neville

Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for two things: plotting to murder her brother to usurp the throne, and writing the Alexiad, an epic history of her father Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) that is a key historical source for the era of the First Crusade. Anna Komnene: the Life and Work of a Medieval Historian investigates the relationship between Anna's self-presentation in the Alexiad and the story of her bloodthirsty ambition. It begins by asking why women did not write history in Anna's society, what cultural rules Anna broke by doing so, and how Anna tried to respond to those challenges in her writing. Many of the idiosyncrasies and surprises of Anna's Alexiad are driven by her efforts to be perceived as both a good historian and a good woman. These new interpretations of Anna's authorial persona then spark a thorough re-thinking of the standard story which defines Anna's life by the failure of her supposed political ambitions. The second half of this work reviews the medieval sources with fresh eyes and re-establishes Anna's primary identity as an author and intellectual rather than as a failed conspirator.

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Oxford University Press

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0190628235

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Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

By: Leonora Neville

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Assessment in Neuropsychology

By: John R. Beech,Leonora Harding

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Assessment in Neuropsychology

By: John R. Beech,Leonora Harding

Assessment in Neuropsychology is a practical and comprehensive handbook for neuropsychologists and other professionals who use neuropsychological tests in their everyday work. Each chapter outlines assessment procedures for specific functions such as language, visual impairment and memory. Case studies are used to illustrate their applications, pointing the professional towards the most relevant assessments for their clients' needs, and where and how they can be acquired. Leonora Harding and John R. Beech also explore new developments in neurological and neuropsychological assessment and clarify legal issues. Assessment in Neuropsychology will be an invaluable sourcebook for clinical psychologists, neurologists and other professionals as well as those in training.

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Routledge

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1134793774

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Crash Course: Quick Reference Guide to Medicine and Surgery - E-Book

By: Leonora Weil

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Crash Course: Quick Reference Guide to Medicine and Surgery - E-Book

By: Leonora Weil

Crash Course – your effective everyday study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. Crash Course Quick Reference Guide to Medicine and Surgery is a unique new volume in the series, spanning the core clinical topics across the medical curriculum. It is as useful for your first day as a clinical medical student as it is for preparing for your medical finals and beyond. Presented in a consistent format that is clear, concise and easy to assimilate, it is an essential text for any medical student or junior doctor. - Includes the core medicine and surgery that you need for examinations - Clear explanations for every common medical condition with an emphasis on the key points - A consistent format to allow quick reference for each disease - Maintains a focus throughout on questions that commonly appear in the final MBBS examinations - Mnemonics, memory aids and figures are included to aid with revision - Written by recent graduates together with consultants and experts for each specialty– those closest to what is essential for exam success - Quality assured by leading Faculty Advisors – to ensure complete accuracy of information - Co-written by specialty experts - Comes with access to the complete electronic version for enhanced anytime, anywhere access, with seamless real-time integration between devices

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0723437955

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The Book of Princes and Princesses

"Developer Tales for Kids"

By: Leonora Blanche Lang

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The Book of Princes and Princesses

"Developer Tales for Kids"

By: Leonora Blanche Lang

All the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about fairies are true, and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people, who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies, because, though I never saw a fairy, any more than I have seen the little animals which lecturers call molecules and ions, still I have seen people who have seen fairies—truthful people. This book about Princes and Princesses is not one which a child is obliged to read. Indeed the stories are not put in order, beginning with the princes who lived longest ago and coming down gradually to people who lived nearest our own time. The book opens with the great Napoleon Bonaparte, who died when some very old people still living were alive. Napoleon was not born a prince, far from it; his father was only a poor gentleman on a wild rough little island. But he made himself not merely a king, but the greatest of all emperors and generals in war. He is not held up as a person whom every boy should try to imitate, but it is a truth that Napoleon always remained a boy in his heart. He liked to make up stories of himself, doing wonderful things which even he was unable to do. When he was a boy he played at being a general, making snow fortresses and besieging them, just as many boys do. And when he was a man he dreamed of conquering all the East, Asia, and India, and Australia; and he tried to do all that, but it was too much even for him.

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E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books

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605225985X

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Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios

By: Leonora Neville

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The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios

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This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.

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Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios

By: Leonora Alice Neville

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The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios

By: Leonora Alice Neville

Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the passive and unambitious husband of Princess Anna Komnene (author of the Alexiad), Bryennios is revealed as a skilled author whose history draws on cultural memories of classical Roman honor and proper masculinity to evaluate the politicians of the 1070s and implicitly to exhort his twelfth-century contemporaries to honorable behavior. Bryennios' story valorizes the memory of his grandfather and other honorable, but failed, generals of the eleventh century while subtly portraying the victorious Alexios Komnenos as un-Roman. This reading of the Material for History sheds new light on twelfth-century Byzantine culture and politics, especially the contested accession of John Komnenos, the relationship between Bryennios' history and the Alexiad and the function of cultural memories of Roman honor in Byzantium.

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Book's by Leonora Neville

Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing

Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene

Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100

Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene

Assessment in Neuropsychology

Assessment in Neuropsychology

Crash Course: Quick Reference Guide to Medicine and Surgery - E-Book

Crash Course: Quick Reference Guide to Medicine and Surgery - E-Book

The Book of Princes and Princesses

The Book of Princes and Princesses

Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

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