Walter Goffart

Barbarians, Maps, and Historiography (eBook, ePUB)

Studies on the Early Medieval West

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 exten

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000948301
• Artikelnr.: 68030303

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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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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.