[Footnote 11: Anna Comnena (Alexiad, l. i. p. 31 - 33)
represents the abhorrence, not only of the church, but of
the palace, for Gregory VII., the popes and the Latin
communion. The style of Cinnamus and Nicetas is still more
vehement. Yet how calm is the voice of history compared
with that of polemics!]