December 1: Anna Komnene

Twelfth Century manuscript of the Alexiad, now in the Bibloteca Medicea Laurenziana

When I was in grammar school, I read a lot of biographies of men and women from different countries and time periods. While women frequently faced specific prejudices because they were women, men faced similar prejudices because they were poor, or from the wrong family, or not educated at the right university. It seemed that… Continue reading December 1: Anna Komnene