{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b53d3462-8bc8-46b5-875c-99d8b173ed52/bb834d42-7dcf-4000-ad40-1871e8ec8643?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 197 - Anna Komnene with Leonora Neville","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60eee15192322e0c04ee9b3d/60eee18d1f9831001383c592.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Our best primary source for Alexios Komnenos reign is&nbsp;<em>The Alexiad&nbsp;</em>written by his daughter Anna Komnene. I talk to Professor Leonora Neville about Anna's life and writing and how she overcame the obstacles facing a woman trying to write history.</p>","author_name":"thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com"}