The Narrative Worlds of Paul the Deacon : : Between Empires and Identities in Lombard Italy / / Christopher Heath.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Heath, Christopher,
• MitwirkendeR: Heath, Christopher,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 46 line drawings
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1. Vir valde Peritus: Paul the Deacon and his Contexts --; 2. The Early Narratives --; 3. The Historia Langobardorum: The Structure of Paul's World --; 4. The Historia Langobardorum: The Six Books in Detail --; 5. Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048526710; 9783110667318; 9783110606447; 9783110662849
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048526710?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christopher Heath.

Written as the Lombard kingdom was on the cusp of downfall at the hands of the Carolingian empire, the works of Paul the Deacon (c. 720-799) are vital to understanding the history of Italy and Western Europe in the Middle Ages. But until now, scholars have tended to neglect the narrative structure of his texts, which reflect in important ways his personal responses to the events of his time. This study presents fresh interpretations of Paul's Historia Romana, Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni, Gesta Episcopum Mettensium, and Historia Langobardorum by focusing on him as an individual and on his strategies of argumentation, ultimately advancing a new conception of Paul as a dynamic author whose development of multiple lines of thought deserves closer examination.