Writing the barbarian past : studies in early medieval historical narrative /
"Writing the Barbarian Past examines the presentation of the non-Roman, pre-Christian past in Latin and vernacular historical narratives composed between c. 550 and c. 1000: the Gothic histories of Jordanes and Isidore of Seville, the Fredegar chronicle, the Liber Historiae Francorum, Paul the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2015.
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Colección: | Brill's series on the early Middle Ages.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The barbarian past and early medieval historical narrative
- The Gothic histories of Jordanes and Isidore
- The origins of the Franks
- Paul the Deacon and the ancient history of the Lombards
- A "Germanic" hero in Latin and the vernacular : Waltharius and Waldere
- Looking back to a troubled past : Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon historical consciousness
- Conclusions.