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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ghosh, Shami
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2015.
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.