A Byzantine Princess Wrote the Crusade's Only Eyewitness Account
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A Byzantine Princess Wrote the Crusade's Only Eyewitness Account

A Byzantine princess watched the First Crusade arrive—and wrote the only eyewitness account that survived.

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Byzantine EmpireMedieval EuropeFirst CrusadeWomen in HistoryAnna KomneneEyewitness History12th CenturyPolitical Exile

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