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Nome de batismo: Κομνηνή, Ἄννα
Komnene, Anna
Data de nascimento: 1083-12-01
Data de falecimento: 1153
Sexo: female
Nacionalidade: Byzantium
Byzantine Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
País (para mapa): Turkey
Local de nascimento: Constantinople, Byzantium
Local de falecimento: Monastery of Kecharitomene, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Locais de residência: Constantinople, Byzantium
Ocupação: princess
historian
physician
Pequena biografia: Anna was a medieval princess, eldest daughter of the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus of Byzantium and Empress Irene Doukaina. She was extremely well educated by the standards of the time, and wrote the Alexiad, a multi-volume biography of her father and one of the most important primary sources on the Byzantine empire. In 1097, Anna married Nikephorus Bryennius the Younger, son of a former pretender to the imperial throne, and in 1118 joined in a conspiracy to make her husband emperor. When the plot failed, she and her mother retired to a monastery, where Anna wrote her books.

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The Alexiad (Penguin Classics) de Anna Komnene

Very engaging narrative of the life of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Kommenos. Despite protestations to the contrary by Anna, the work is not free from the biases of the author, however, this does not lessen the value of the work.

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Bstoy | outras 9 resenhas | Apr 19, 2023 |

The Alexiad of Anna Comnena (The Penguin Classics) de Anna Comnena

Surprisingly modern and enjoyable to read.

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ShaneBX | outras 9 resenhas | Feb 4, 2020 |

The Alexiad of Anna Comnena de Anna Comnena

Anna Comnena's history of the reign of her father, the Emperor Alexius. After a while, the sheer blizzard of invasions, rebellions and betrayals gets to be a trifle overwhelming, and with so many characters changing sides, getting blinded, or whatnot, one can be forgiven, I think, if one is confused. You certainly get an insight into how, well, Byzantine the Byzantine Empire was. Bitter old woman in her dotage.

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EricCostello | outras 9 resenhas | Sep 29, 2019 |

The Alexiad of Anna Comnena (The Penguin Classics) de Anna Comnena

I have a better opinion of this source than Edward Gibbon, who was just not fond of Byzantine Literary culture. Anna was a child of the emperor Alexius Comnenus who re-organized the empire after the disaster at Manzikert. This is also a basic book for the vision of the Western crusaders, and also as a social history of the later Empire. I believe this is an able translation, and hope more people will read one of the first books about Medieval Europe from an outside stance.