His reign was an important period of the Byzantine Empire, and the empire he inherited was in one of the biggest crises in history: the huge land in the eastern part of the empire had been annexed by the Seljuk Turks, the Normans in the west had been encroaching on the territory in the west, and the Pehnes and many northern tribal peoples had been harassed. At one time, the Byzantine Empire showed signs of extinction. However, Alex I used superb means to turn the tide; He not only prevented the gradual decline of the empire, but also created another golden age of the empire: Komuning revival through internal rectification and reform and a series of war or diplomatic strategies against neighboring countries.
However, some scholars in modern times pointed out that Alexei I's influence on the future of the empire was not only positive, but his short-sighted economic reform and a series of mistakes in domestic and foreign affairs planted a bomb for the empire to a great extent, which contributed to the gradual decline of Byzantium after him.
In 1 148, Alexei I's daughter Anna Komeneos wrote his biography The Story of Alexei. This is the most important historical data about the history of Byzantine Empire during the First Crusade.
Anna Komeneos (? νναΚομνην? 1083,65438+February,1-153) is the daughter of Alexei I, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, and one of the earliest female historians in European history. According to the life of her father Alexei I, she wrote The Story of Alexei (α λ ε ο
Anna Komeneos, the eldest daughter of Alexis Menos and Irene Duca.
Anna Dara Senaya, who was originally the heir to the throne, was deposed because she angered Alexei's mother, resulting in? John II became the heir to the throne.
She and her mother conspired to assassinate John II, but failed. During her exile, she wrote the biography of Alexei.
Anna Komeneos was born in a purple bedroom in Constantinople on 1083. Anna received a good education in her early years. She studied literature, rhetoric and science, read ancient Greek philosophy, and studied history, medicine and mathematics with the help of her tutor. His father, Alexei I, was originally chosen? Ducas, the son of Mikhail VII, is his heir, and he is engaged to Anna. But then what about the eldest son? When John was born, the right to the throne passed to John. After the death of Constantine Ducas, 1097, Anna married Nikki Foros Brinius, and Anna and her husband, Queen Irina, began to come out against it? Alexei I's succession plan. Anna and the Queen tried to persuade Alexei I to transfer the throne to Brinius, but Alexei I managed to transfer the throne to John, and John kept the position of heir to the throne by his own ability. So Anna began to plan a plot against her brother. Later, when the plot was exposed, Anna was forced to quit the political struggle. After withdrawing from the palace struggle, Anna devoted herself to the study of history and wrote the biography of Alexei in ancient style. Osterloh Gorski, a researcher of Byzantine history in Yugoslavia, rated this book as "an outstanding witness of Byzantine humanism" and provided valuable information for future generations to study Byzantine history.