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Время Анны Комниной - стр. 6

, which had been largely documented and described by Anna Komnena and other Byzantine historians, mentioned by the Author, proves to be an old and well known strategy of impostors on the byzantine imperial throne. This phenomenon is repeated by Russian political culture. This circumstance manifested itself many centuries later during the Time of Troubles (1605-1613) and during the reign of Empress Catherine the Great (1762–1796), and then influenced the formation of the phenomenon of Soviet leaders and Soviet totalitarianism.

A. Yu. Mitrofanov explores in detail the state of the armed forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Normans who were extensively documented by Anna Komnena, and he comes to the conclusion about the Westernization of the Byzantine military aristocracy in the era of the Emperor Alexios Komnenos. A. Y. Mitrofanov criticizes the views of some researchers who claim that Anna Komnena was not an author of an original work, but only treated the notes of her husband, Nikephoros Bryennios, who was well versed in military Affairs.

That is why A. Yu. Mitrofanov examines those notes of Nikephoros Bryennios. His investigations of these notes are proving, that Anna Komnena conducted her own independent research work and had access not only to the notes of Nikephoros Bryennios or the testimonies of the Bishop of Bari, as wrote Ya. N. Lyubarsky, but also to the lost memoirs of George Palaiologos and Tatikios.

The book of A. Yu. Mitrofanov “The Time of Anna Komnena” is not a dry scientific monograph, but a work, which is written in a living literary language. This book of A. Yu. Mitrofanov compares favorably with many modern publications on the history of Byzantium. From this point of view, it seems obvious that A. Yu. Mitrofanov seeks to imitate his main heroine – Anna Komnena.

One philosophe once said, God determines the longitude of the human life, but the latitude of the life is determined by the human person himself. Anna Komnena fully confirms these words, for the Porphyrogenita princess of the imperial byzantine family managed to accommodate an entire epoch of Byzantine history in her creative life…

Résumé

Le livre d’A. Yu. Mitrofanov «Le Temps d’Anne Comnène» est dédié à la réflexion sur le règne de l’empereur Alexis I>er (1081–1118) et sur son époque dans l’œuvre principale de sa fille, la princesse Anne Comnène (1083–1153/1154), connue sous le nom de l’«Alexiade». Comme l’a mentionné un byzantiniste éminent et historien de l’art Hans Belting, l’empereur Alexis I

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