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Meaning within Miscellany: The Value of Late Medieval Commonplace Books

Although general book production and literary grew in late medieval England, Amelia Spanton focuses on the commonplace book as a point of great interest. This article reflects the significance of these texts in containing and portraying information about life and society in this period.
AUTHOR AMELIA SPANTON

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The Emotion of Anna Komnene: Feeling in the Alexiad

The Alexiad was written to chronicle the life and times of the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, imperial sovereign of the Eastern Roman Empire from 1081-1118, by Anna Komnene, his first daughter, as a homage to him and also a personal account of facts she witnessed herself. What it stands out from the narrative is her unique personality and the emotion which is embedded in it.

AUTHOR JAMIE MEADE