Narrators of Barbarian History (A.D. 550–800), The

Walter Goffart

Description

In this substantial work Walter Goffart treats the four writers who provide the principal narrative sources for our early knowledge of the Ostrogoths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards: Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon. The University of Notre Dame Press is pleased to make this book available for the first time in paperback. Winner of the Medieval Academy of America’s Haskins Medal for 1991, The Narrators of Barbarian History treats the four writers who are the main early sources for our knowledge of the Ostrogoths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards. In his preface to this paperback edition, Goffart examines the questions his work has evoked since its original publication in 1988 and enlarges the bibliography to account for recent scholarship.

Sujets

• HISTORY
• Histoire
• General officer
• Gregory of Tours
• Paul the Deacon
• Jordanes
• Historiography
• Bede
• General
• Franks
• Germany
• Anglo-Saxons
• Lombards
• Ostrogoths
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 11 novembre 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268075033
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 30 Mo

Extrait

Copyright ©1988, 2005by Walter Goffart

First published in1988by Princeton University Press

First paperback edition published in2005by the University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved

Reprinted in2009, 2012 ublished in the nited States of America

This ebook has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this book do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Goffart, Walter A. The narrators of barbarian history (a.d. 550–800) : Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon / Walter Goffart. p. cm. — (Publications in medieval studies) Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,1988. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 13: 978-0-268-02967-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 13: 978-0-268-07501-9 (hardback) 1. Europe—History—392–814—Historiography.2. Migrations of nations— Historiography.3. Germanic peoples—Historiography.4. Jordanes,6th cent. 5. Gregory, Saint, Bishop of Tours,538–594Bede, the Venerable, Saint,. 6. 673–735.7. Paul, the Deacon, ca.720–799?8. Middle Ages—Historiography. I. Title. II. Publications in medieval studies (Unnumbered) d56.g64 2005 940.1'2072022—dc22 2005026717

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