The main focus in this second collection by Walter Goffart is on two types of historiography"early medieval narratives, with special attention to Bede's Historia ecclesiastica and printed maps designed to portray and teach history, with special attention to the ubiquitous 'map of the barbarian invasions'. The wide-ranging concerns represented extend from the underside of the Life of St Severinus of Noricum, and further evidence for dating Beowulf, to the questions whether the barbarian invasions period was a 'heroic age' and how Charlemagne shaped his own succession. The volume closes with a section of further thoughts on the essays reprinted.…mehr
The main focus in this second collection by Walter Goffart is on two types of historiography"early medieval narratives, with special attention to Bede's Historia ecclesiastica and printed maps designed to portray and teach history, with special attention to the ubiquitous 'map of the barbarian invasions'. The wide-ranging concerns represented extend from the underside of the Life of St Severinus of Noricum, and further evidence for dating Beowulf, to the questions whether the barbarian invasions period was a 'heroic age' and how Charlemagne shaped his own succession. The volume closes with a section of further thoughts on the essays reprinted.
Walter Goffart is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto, Canada, and Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Department of History, Yale University, USA
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Contents: Preface Two notes on Germanic antiquity today What's wrong with the map of barbarian invasions? The map of barbarian invasions: a preliminary report The map of barbarian invasions: a longer look Does the Vita S. Severini have an underside? Conspicuously absent: martial heroism in the Histories of Gregory of Tours and its likes Bede's Uera lex historiae explained The Historia ecclesiastica: Bede's agenda and ours Bede's History in a harsher climate Paul the Deacon's Gesta Episcoporum Mettensium and the early design of Charlemagne's succession Charters earlier than 800 from French collections Le problème des Translationes S. Liborii The first venture into 'medieval geography': Lambarde's map of the Saxon heptarchy (1568) Hetware and Hugas: datable anachronisms in Beowulf The name 'Meringovian' and the dating of Beowulf Christian pessimism on the walls of the Vatican Galleria delle carte geografiche Addenda Additional articles (annotated list) Index.
Contents: Preface Two notes on Germanic antiquity today What's wrong with the map of barbarian invasions? The map of barbarian invasions: a preliminary report The map of barbarian invasions: a longer look Does the Vita S. Severini have an underside? Conspicuously absent: martial heroism in the Histories of Gregory of Tours and its likes Bede's Uera lex historiae explained The Historia ecclesiastica: Bede's agenda and ours Bede's History in a harsher climate Paul the Deacon's Gesta Episcoporum Mettensium and the early design of Charlemagne's succession Charters earlier than 800 from French collections Le problème des Translationes S. Liborii The first venture into 'medieval geography': Lambarde's map of the Saxon heptarchy (1568) Hetware and Hugas: datable anachronisms in Beowulf The name 'Meringovian' and the dating of Beowulf Christian pessimism on the walls of the Vatican Galleria delle carte geografiche Addenda Additional articles (annotated list) Index.
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