The princess who rewrote history - Leonora Neville
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Paul
It is interesting to feature Anna in a 'popular' history, but this is an oversimplification and white washing of Anna's career. She was a historian only by circumstance, due to her being imprisoned in a monastery for plotting to have her brother killed. She was raised to be empress as Alexis's first born, but list her place in the succession when her brother John was born. Anna could never reconcile her loss of position and constantly plotted to seize the throne. John eventually had her imprisoned in a monastery where she could do no more damage. There she began writing her history idolizing her father. She did a lot of whitewashing of Alexis reign (John is virtually erased from the history.
Bryennius' history was a military history of the civil was period, which he did not publish during his lifetime. His grandfather had been an unsuccessful claimant to the throne.
Anna's Alexiad is a masterful piece of mediaeval literature with exceptional detail and personal thoughts and descriptions (Anna's descriptions of the crusader leaders visit to the imperial Court is particularly good. It does however tell too good a tale about Alexis's reign.
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It is interesting to feature Anna in a 'popular' history, but this is an oversimplification and white washing of Anna's career. She was a historian only by circumstance, due to her being imprisoned in a monastery for plotting to have her brother killed. She was raised to be empress as Alexis's first born, but list her place in the succession when her brother John was born. Anna could never reconcile her loss of position and constantly plotted to seize the throne. John eventually had her imprisoned in a monastery where she could do no more damage. There she began writing her history idolizing her father. She did a lot of whitewashing of Alexis reign (John is virtually erased from the history.
Bryennius' history was a military history of the civil was period, which he did not publish during his lifetime. His grandfather had been an unsuccessful claimant to the throne.
Anna's Alexiad is a masterful piece of mediaeval literature with exceptional detail and personal thoughts and descriptions (Anna's descriptions of the crusader leaders visit to the imperial Court is particularly good. It does however tell too good a tale about Alexis's reign.
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Yusuf
Anna tried to get her husband to overthrow her brother John and make her self the Empress. The plan was found out and she was forced into imprisonment in a nunnery. She supposedly wrote the Alexiad there to venerate her fathers reign and to also portray herself as his rightful heir.
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Anna tried to get her husband to overthrow her brother John and make her self the Empress. The plan was found out and she was forced into imprisonment in a nunnery. She supposedly wrote the Alexiad there to venerate her fathers reign and to also portray herself as his rightful heir.
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Shabnam
How good that would be if we were taught the subject we are interested in we would lovee. Studying (learning) not like nowadays we just have to study in which we have no interest that's why we take studying as burden.
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How good that would be if we were taught the subject we are interested in we would lovee. Studying (learning) not like nowadays we just have to study in which we have no interest that's why we take studying as burden.
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Snail
It's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
As an example, if you have a date with a girl in Constantinople, you'll find the girl in Istanbul.
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Nobody know but the Turks.
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It's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
As an example, if you have a date with a girl in Constantinople, you'll find the girl in Istanbul.
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Nobody know but the Turks.
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elsa1942
Off topic but. looks at the map It shows that the Scythians came through what's now Bulgarian. The Ossetians are the last surviving Scythians, no wonder there's so many distinctly Iranian words in Bulgarian.
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Off topic but. looks at the map It shows that the Scythians came through what's now Bulgarian. The Ossetians are the last surviving Scythians, no wonder there's so many distinctly Iranian words in Bulgarian.
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amine
People from the past are so inspiring. When ever I go through a rut, I simply watch a Ted-Ed video about some important figure from the past, and that gives me a boost to continue my learning and grinding.
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People from the past are so inspiring. When ever I go through a rut, I simply watch a Ted-Ed video about some important figure from the past, and that gives me a boost to continue my learning and grinding.
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Kyoko
55 In that same houre said Iesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thiefe with swords and staues for to take mee? I sate daily with you teaching in the Temple, and ye laide no holde on me.
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55 In that same houre said Iesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thiefe with swords and staues for to take mee? I sate daily with you teaching in the Temple, and ye laide no holde on me.
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education
There is no Scythian! They were Pechenegs/Patzinaks! Anna wrote that they were Scythians, but everyone know that there is no Scythians. Also, i think that there are some mistakes at your map.
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There is no Scythian! They were Pechenegs/Patzinaks! Anna wrote that they were Scythians, but everyone know that there is no Scythians. Also, i think that there are some mistakes at your map.
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ted_ed
Such rich history the Greek people have, even in medieval era, thats astonishing, yet there are still humans who hate them
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Such rich history the Greek people have, even in medieval era, thats astonishing, yet there are still humans who hate them
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