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Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the Byzantine war with the Normans, and on the First Crusade in which Alexius participated. While the Byzantines were allied to the Crusaders, they were nonetheless critical of their behaviour and Anna's book offers a startlingly different perspective to that of Western historians. Her character sketches are shrewd and forthright - from the Norman invader Robert Guiscard ('nourished by manifold evil') and his son Bohemond ('like a streaking thunderbolt') to Pope Gregory VII ('unworthy of a high priest'). The Alexiad is a vivid and dramatic narrative, which reveals as much about the character of its intelligent and dynamic author as it does about the fascinating period through which she lived. - Publisher.

Alexius --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Histoire --- Alexios --- Comnenus, Alexius, --- Komnēnos, Alexios, --- Kumnīn, Aliksiyūs, --- Alexis --- Comnène, Alexis, --- Komnin, Alekseĭ,

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En 1081, l'Empire byzantin, l'héritier de l'Empire romain d'Orient, est sur le point de sombrer dans le chaos : à l'intérieur une série de rébellions a fragilisé le pouvoir ; à l'extérieur des ennemis menacent les frontières : au nord les Petchénègues, à l'est les Turcs, à l'ouest les Normands. C'est alors qu'un jeune général, issu d'une famille aristocratique, prend le pouvoir par un coup d'Etat. Alexis Ier Comnène (1081-1118) connaît l'un des plus longs règnes de l'histoire byzantine : il réussit à écarter le danger extérieur, réorganise les finances et l'administration, se fait le champion de l'orthodoxie religieuse et ouvre l'Empire byzantin aux relations avec l'Occident. Son œuvre a permis aux Comnènes de rester sur le trône tout un siècle. Cet ouvrage permet une découverte d'une civilisation toute de faste, de spiritualité et de violence : où l'empereur déploie les merveilles de Byzance devant les étrangers, où les fondations d'églises et de monastères reflètent le souci angoissé des Byzantins de réparer leurs fautes sur Terre, où la coutume était d'aveugler les conspirateurs au fer rouge, où les ennemis d'hier peuvent devenir les plus fidèles soutiens de l'Empire, où des complots contre l'empereur sont fomentés par ses familiers et ses plus proches parents. A cette Byzance éternelle le règne d'Alexis Ier donne un nouveau visage : les hérétiques sont brûlés en place publique, les liens entre les hommes se resserrent et se hiérarchisent, les chevaliers de la Première croisade prêtent serment à l'Empereur avant d'aller conquérir des royaumes en Terre sainte : Bohémond, Godefroi de Bouillon, Hugues de Vermandois et bien d'autres... Fondée sur une abondante historiographie médiévale et moderne, cette biographie tente de dégager une image objective de cet empereur rusé et indéchiffrable, tantôt terrible, tantôt indulgent.

Emperors --- Empereurs --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Alexius --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Histoire --- Alexios --- Comnenus, Alexius, --- Komnēnos, Alexios, --- Kumnīn, Aliksiyūs, --- Alexis --- Comnène, Alexis, --- Komnin, Alekseĭ, --- Alexis 01 (empereur d'orient ; 1057-1118 ) --- Empire byzantin -- civilisation --- Civilisation

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Alexius --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Histoire --- Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East --- -History --- -Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East --- -Alexius --- Alexios --- Comnenus, Alexius, --- Komnēnos, Alexios, --- Kumnīn, Aliksiyūs, --- Alexis --- Comnène, Alexis, --- Komnin, Alekseĭ, --- Alexius - I Comnenus, - Emperor of the East --- Byzantine Empire - History - Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118

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This is the first full-scale study of the literary art of Anna Komnene's Alexiad. Her history of her father's reign is well-known and much used by Byzantinists and historians of the First Crusade, but the art with which it shapes its central character has not been fully examined or understood. This book argues that the work is both history and tragedy; the characterization of Alexios I Komnenos is cumulative; it develops; the models for his idealization change; much of the action takes place in his mind and the narrative relays and amplifies his thought while building a dense picture of the world in which he acts. Engaging critically and responsively with other texts, Komnene uses the full range of current literary genres to portray the ideal culture of his rule. She matches her art of literary control to his of government over the adverse forces of his time.

Emperors --- Czars (Emperors) --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Kings and rulers --- History and criticism. --- Comnena, Anna, --- Alexius |b I Comnenus, --- Anna Comnena --- Anna Comnena, --- Anna Komnena, --- Anne Comnène --- Comnena, Anna --- Komnene, Anne --- Anne Komnene --- Comnène, Anne, --- Komnena, Anna, --- Komnēnē, Anna, --- Komnina Anna, --- Criticism, Textual. --- Literary art. --- In literature. --- Byzantine Empire --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Biography --- Alexius --- Alexios --- Comnenus, Alexius, --- Komnēnos, Alexios, --- Kumnīn, Aliksiyūs, --- Alexis --- Comnène, Alexis, --- Komnin, Alekseĭ,