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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 46 line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • 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