Flodoard of Rheims and the writing of history in the tenth century

Flodoard of Rheims (893/4-966) is one of the tenth century's most intriguing but neglected historians. His works are essential sources for the emergence of the West Frankish and Ottonian kingdoms in the tumultuous decades following the collapse of the Carolingian empire in 888. Yet although Flo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Roberts, Edward, 1987- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press 2019.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 113.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40157039*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.