The Narrators of Barbarian History A.d. 550-800

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ISBN: 9780268029678 | 0268029679
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Copyright: 12/20/2005

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Treats the four writers who provide the principal narrative sources for our early knowledge of the Ostrogoths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards.

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface

xxxv

List of Abbreviations

xxxix

The First Major Historians of Medieval Europe

(429)

Jordanes and His Three Histories

The Inauguration of ``National'' History

(3)

Cassiodorus and Jordanes: A Strained Collaboration

(8)

The Gothic History of Cassiodorus

(11)

Jordanes's Ambiguous Origins

(5)

Parts I and II of Jordanes's Historical Collection

(11)

How Closely Did Jordanes Reproduce the Gothic History of Cassiodorus?

(4)

The Getica: A Celebration of Goths?

(6)

The Getica: History with a Happy Ending

(16)

The Getica: Roman Victories and Scandinavian Origins

(13)

The Date, Destination, and Authorship of Jordanes's Historical Library

(8)

Conclusion

105

(7)

Gregory of Tours and ``The Triumph of Superstition''

The Historian and His Context

112

(7)

The History of the Franks, or Histories?

119

(8)

Miracula: A Christian Historian's Answer to Philosophy

127

(26)

Historiae: Candid but Chaotic Commemoration?

153

(15)

Historiae: The Moral Sense of Events

168

(6)

Historiae: Miracles and Slaughters

174

(9)

Historiae: Plot, Prodigies, and ``Autobiography''

183

(14)

Historiae: The Union of Satire with History

197

(6)

Historiae: The Intellectual Pattern

203

(24)

Conclusion

227

(8)

Bede and the Ghost of Bishop Wilfrid

Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum: Detachment or Advocacy?

235

(5)

The Background and Foreground of the Ecclesiastical History

240

(18)

The Genesis of Northumbrian Church History

258

(38)

Bede's Three Models for the Ecclesiastical History

296

(11)

The Abasement of Bishop Wilfrid

307

(18)

Conclusion

325

(4)

Paul the Deacon's Interpretation of Lombard History

The Historia Langobardorum: Disappointment and Promise

329

(4)

Frioul, Pavia, Benevento, and Charlemagne's Court

333

(14)

Historia Romana: Italy from Janus to Justinian

347

(10)

Narrative Continuity in the Original Books of the Historia Romana

357

(13)

Minor Works: Gregory the Great and the Bishops of Metz

370

(8)

Preliminary to the Historia Langobardorum

378

(4)

H.L. 1: The Nonprovidential Origin of the Lombards

382

(6)

H.L. 2: The Tragedy of Italy

388

(6)

H.L. 3: The Lombards Reborn

394

(5)

H.L. 4: The Lombards Prosper, Fall from Righteousness, and Find a Savior

399

(8)

H.L. 5: From Christian Kingship to Confusion and Anarchy

407

(7)

H.L. 6: Italy in Transition

414

(10)

Conclusion

424

(8)

Conclusion

432

(7)

Secondary Works Cited

439

(26)

Index of Passages Cited

465

(7)

General Index

472

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The Narrators of Barbarian History A.d. 550-800

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