| The Narrators of Barbarian History (A.D. 550-800): Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon Contributor(s): Goffart, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0268029679 ISBN-13: 9780268029678 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Treats the four writers who provide the principal narrative sources for our early knowledge of the Ostrogoths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 940.120 |
| LCCN: 2005026717 |
| Series: Publications in Medieval Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.3" W x 9.34" (1.66 lbs) 536 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goffart, Walter: - Walter Goffart is professor of history emeritus at the University of Toronto. |