Western Perspectives on the Mediterranean Cultural Transfer in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 400-800 AD

Based on close analyses of contemporary texts, and backed by an examination of the origins of the elements transferred and of the process of transmission, the contributors to this volume focus on the perception and adaptation of knowledge and cultural elements in the West. Taking a variety of approaches, they shed light on the changing lines of communication between the Byzantine empire and other parts of theMediterranean, on the one hand, and the Burgundian, Frankish and Anglo-Saxon realms and the Papacy on the other.

Andreas Fischer is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Ian Wood is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds, UK.

IntroductionThe Burgundians and ByzantiumIan Wood (School of History, University of Leeds, Uk)'Avenger of All Perjury' in Constantinople, Ravenna and Metz: St Polyeuctus, Sigibert I and the Division OfCharibert's Kingdom in 568 Stefan Esders (Friedrich-meinecke-institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) The Historian as Cultural Broker in the Late and Post-roman West Helmut Reimitz (Department of History, Princeton University, USA)Rewriting History: Fredegar's Perspectives on the MediterraneanAndreas Fischer (Friedrich-meinecke-institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)Greek Popes: Yes or No, and Did It Matter? Thomas Noble (Department of History, University of Notre Dame, USA)Mediterranean Lessons for Northumbrian Monks in Bede's Chronica Maiora Sören Kaschke (Seminar Für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany)Index