The princess who rewrote history
1,607,080 views |
Leonora Neville |
TED-Ed
• October 2018
Anna Komnene, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios, spent the last decade of her life creating a 500-page history of her father's reign called "The Alexiad." As a princess writing about her own family, she had to balance her loyalty to her kin with her obligation to portray events accurately. Leonora Neville investigates this epic historical narrative. [TED-Ed Animation by Els Decaluwe].