In Their Own Words : : Practices of Quotation in Early Medieval History-Writing / / Jeanette Beer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Beer, Jeanette,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

In Their Own Words examines early medieval history-writing through "ation practices in five works, each in some way the first of its kind. Nithard's Historiae de dissensionibus filiorum Ludovici Pii is extraordinary for its "ation of vernacular oaths, the first recorded piece of French. The Gesta Francorum is the first eye-witness account of the First Crusade. Geoffrey of Villehardouin's La Conquête de Constantinople, written by a leader and negotiator of the Fourth Crusade, and Robert de Clari's La Conquête de Constantinople, written by a common soldier in the same crusade, are the first extant French prose histories. Li Fet des Romains, a translation and compilation of all the classical texts about Julius Caesar (including Caesar's own Gallic Wars) that were known in the thirteenth century, is the first work of ancient historiography and the first biography to appear in French.Jeanette Beer's work bridges the divide between the study of vernacular and Latin writing, providing new evidence that the linguistic cultures were not isolated from each other. Her examination of "ation practices in early medieval histories illuminates the relationship between classical and contemporary influences in the formative period of history-writing in the West.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. The First Words of French -- Chapter Two. Whose Words Are They? -- Chapter Three. Villehardouin "Who Never, to the Best of His Knowledge, Spoke an Untrue Word" -- Chapter Four. In the Words of the Poor Knight Robert de Clari -- Chapter Five. In the Words of the Author -- Chapter Six. In the Words of the Author -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Name Index -- Subject Index