Alexiad – Anna Komnina – Aleteia – 2017 – ISBN 978-5-906823-83-0
Alexiad
Alexiad
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The author of this book is Princess Anna, daughter of Tsar Alexei I, savior of the Eastern Roman ("Byzantine") Empire and founder of the Comnenus dynasty. In her early youth, she married the presumptive heir to the throne. As a mature woman, she attempted to seize power from her brother, failed, and lived thereafter in a monastery. In her old age, she wrote a history of her father's reign.
Anna was bold, active, and educated, living during the heyday of imperial culture. She knew and saw much, participated in much, and what she reports is always valuable and often unique. Intimately familiar with the state machinery of the Empire, the life and customs of the court, and the life of the Church, she writes about the First Crusade, the wars with the Normans, Pechenegs, and Turks, and about rebellions, intrigues, unrest, and heresies. Gifted with a gift for writing, Anna created vivid images of her father, her husband, the royal nobles, the generals of the Second Rome, herself and other noblewomen, the turbulent Latin barbarians and the warriors of Islam, visual images of events. The Alexiad is not only a historical but also a literary monument.
Anna was bold, active, and educated, living during the heyday of imperial culture. She knew and saw much, participated in much, and what she reports is always valuable and often unique. Intimately familiar with the state machinery of the Empire, the life and customs of the court, and the life of the Church, she writes about the First Crusade, the wars with the Normans, Pechenegs, and Turks, and about rebellions, intrigues, unrest, and heresies. Gifted with a gift for writing, Anna created vivid images of her father, her husband, the royal nobles, the generals of the Second Rome, herself and other noblewomen, the turbulent Latin barbarians and the warriors of Islam, visual images of events. The Alexiad is not only a historical but also a literary monument.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series New Byzantine Library