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History and geography in late antiquity /
This title explores how the historians of the early medieval period sought to understand the world around them. It argues that they looked not only to events shaping the world, but also to its physical form, and offers fresh interpretations of Orosius, Jordanes, Isidore of Seville and the Venerable...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;
4th ser., 64. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; A note on translations; Abbreviations; Introduction: history's other eye; Chapter 1 Orosius; Chapter 2 Jordanes; Chapter 3 Isidore of Seville; Chapter 4 Bede; Conclusions; Appendix A The geographical introduction to the Historiarum adversus paganos libri septem of Orosius. Orosius, Hist. i.1-106; Appendix B The geographical introduction to the De origine actibusque Getarum of Jordanes. Getica i.4-v.38; Appendix C The Laus Spaniae of Isidore of Seville.
- Appendix D The description of Britain in Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica i.1References; Index.