|
Viscardus posted:Incidentally, the way Bohemond and to a lesser extent Robert are portrayed in the Alexiad is kind of fascinating. Anna frequently goes out of her way to portray them as barbarous and terrible, and yet at the same time constantly speaks at length about how impressive they are in various ways. Her physical description of Bohemond (whom she met as a teenager while he was in Constantinople during the First Crusade) in particular is both extensive and quite complementary. Anna Komnenos posted:But he who undertakes the "role" of an historian must sink his personal likes and dislikes, and often award the highest praise to his enemies when their actions demand it, and often, too, blame his nearest relations if their errors require it. I wish I had read the Alexiad earlier because it is full of rad quotes like this.
|
#
¿
Jan 19, 2014 06:11
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 17, 2024 09:25 |
|
|
I kind of want you to leave the Three Bulgarias alone so that in 900 years, posters on the NegaParadox message boards can argue about how their Balkan state is the true inheritor of Bulgarian glory.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 21, 2014 18:28
|
|