Download or read book The Alexiad (100 Copy Collector's Edition) written by Anna Comnena and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Alexiad, Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text is a reference on the Byzantium of the High Middle Ages, documenting the Crusades and highlighting the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.