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  • 41Alexios I Komnenos —    Emperor (q.v.) from 1081 1118. He is often viewed as one of Byzantium s great emperors, in part because of the memorable impression of his reign in the Alexiad, written by his daughter Anna Komnene (q.v.). He found the empire beset by foreign… …

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  • 42Mary Rose — For later ships with the same name, see HMS Mary Rose. For the play by J.M. Barrie, see Mary Rose (play). The remnants of the Mary Rose undergoing conservation in Portsmouth …

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