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The Medieval Church · c. 1075–1078
The Strategikon
Kekaumenos · 11th century
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What it is
Advice from a provincial soldier to his sons: trust no one, avoid the capital, do not lend money to friends, and be very careful whom you invite into your house.
Why it lasted
An unusually unguarded window on the outlook of the Byzantine provincial gentry, more anxious than heroic.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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