Flodoard of Rheims and the Writing of History in the Tenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781316510391 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 280 str.

Edward Roberts

Opis

A major re-assessment of the Frankish historian Flodoard of Rheims, one of the tenth century's most intriguing but neglected narrators.

Recenzje

'… an eminently readable, well-structured, and convincing account of Flodoard's life …' Martina Hartmann, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

Spis treści

Introduction: Flodoard of Rheims and his world; 1. Flodoard, his archbishops and the struggle for Rheims; 2. Narrative and history in the Annals; 3. Institutional history and ecclesiastical property; 4. History, poetry and intellectual life; 5. Flodoard's age of miracles; Conclusion: history and historiography in the tenth century.