Anna Komnene and the Alexiad
Set in the Eastern Roman Empire during the First Crusade, Anna's story as an imperial princess and the medieval era's first female historian unfolds around a period of war and conflict.Anna Komnene is…
Specifikacia Anna Komnene and the Alexiad
Set in the Eastern Roman Empire during the First Crusade, Anna's story as an imperial princess and the medieval era's first female historian unfolds around a period of war and conflict.Anna Komnene is one of the most curious figures in the history of an intriguing empire. A woman of extraordinary education and intellect, she was the only Byzantine female historian and one of the first and foremost historians in medieval Europe. Yet few people know of her and her extraordinary story. Subsequent historians and scholars have skewed the picture of Anna as an intellectual princess and powerful author. She has been largely viewed as an angry, bitter old woman, who greedily wanted a throne that did not belong to her. Accusations of conspiracy and attempted murder were hurled at her and as punishment for her 'transgressions' she was to live the last days of her life in exile.