Middle+Ages+Letter

Dear Mrs. Comnena, It is so awesome to know that there is a woman that can write and be recognized as a historian. I certainly makes me proud to be a woman and really inspired me. You must have had a very interesting life having Alexius as a father and being able to write about him in his reign while also being the Byzantine Empire. Your father was a very good member of the military aristocracy and it was very brave of him how he won the throne of Constantinople in 1081. You must have been very upset when your brother John was born in 1088 and just because he was a male he got the rights of succession transferred to him. Also it must have been a good day for you when you and Nicephorus Bryennius the competent commander from the first crusade that was part of the defense of the Byzantine emperor in 1097. After you and your husband trying to disinherit John for so many years you must have been so upset when he proclaimed emperor in 1118 the year that your father died. It was a shame that you never got your father to change his mind about the inheritance. After attempting on your brother’s life I thought it was interesting how you went to a convent to spend your last few years. I loved your book “Alexiad” that you had completed many years after your father’s death I thought that it was brilliant. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter. But most importantly thanks for being such an inspiration to me and many other people. You had such an interesting life and it was really amazing learning more about you. Sincerely, Libby McBrien