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anna comnenea
Byzantine princess, author of the Alexiad (an account of her fathers reign, Alexios I Komnemos)
Anna Dalassene
Byzantine noble woman who played an important role in the Komnenoi rise to power. As augusta, she bestowed the title of emperor on her son, Alexios I
The Alexiad
Primary source written by Anna about Alexios I’s reign
Armenia
Center of literature,
converted to Orthodoxy early
became its own branch of Orthodoxy
Non Chalcedonian- so they distrust the Byzantine orthodoxy but they also distrust monophysites, the coptic egyptian christians.
Had a rich historiographical tradition.
churches has an independent head (autocephalus),
the head of their church’s name is cathilicos patriarch.
They use unleavened bread, Orthodox use leavened.
Avars
They are from the Northern caucuses ; they conquered other nomadic tribes on the behalf of the Byzantines; they are nomadic themselves
Basilica
long rectangular church, differs from centrally planned
Boris
Was a ruler of the first Bulgarian empire; converted; godfather to emperor Michael III of the Byzantine Empire
Bosphorus Strait
Body of water between Constantinople and Galata
Bulgaria/Bulgars
Bulgars were turkic semi nomadic warrior tribes that went to war against the Byzantines multiple times, and eventually became the kingdom of Bulgaria
The Caucuses
The mountainous region to the east of the Black Sea and West of the Caspian Sea
Byzantine princess, author of the Alexiad (an account of her fathers reign, Alexios I Komnemos)
anna comnenea
Byzantine noble woman who played an important role in the Komnenoi rise to power. As augusta, she bestowed the title of emperor on her son, Alexios I
Anna Dalassene
Primary source written by Anna about Alexios I’s reign
The Alexiad
Center of literature,
converted to Orthodoxy early and easily;
becomes its own branch of Orthodoxy and doesn’t trust other branches.
Non Chalcedonian- so they distrust the Byzantine orthodoxy but they also distrust monophysites, the coptic egyptian christians.
Develop a rich historiographical tradition.
Their churches has an independent head (autocephalus) and the head of their church’s name is cathilicos patriarch.
They use unleavened bread, Orthodox use leavened.
Armenia
They are from the Northern caucuses ; they conquered other nomadic tribes on the behalf of the Byzantines; they are nomadic themselves
Avars
