Rewriting Roman history in the Middle Ages : : the 'Historia Romana' and the Manuscript Bamberg, Hist.3 / / Marek Thue Kretschmer.

• Superior document: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; v.36
• Author: Staatsbibliothek Bamberg.; Kretschmer, Marek Thue.
• TeilnehmendeR: Paul, the Deacon, ca. 720-799?; Staatsbibliothek Bamberg.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; Bd. 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Notes: Revised ed. of the author's doctoral dissertation presented at the University of Trondheim in 2006.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. Introduction /; Chapter Two. Classification And Preliminary Survey Of Manuscripts Containing Abbreviations And/Or Paraphrases Of The Historia Romana (Hr) /; Chapter Three. Class P-4: Relationship And Historical Context /; Chapter Four. Edition Of The Historia Romana (= Hr) Contained In Ms Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Hist. 3 (= B) /; Chapter Five. The Language Of Texts Contained In B /; Chapter Six. Analysis Of The Paraphrased Version Of The Historia Romana (= Hr) Contained In B /; Summary And Conclusion /; Appendix: Variant Readings From S And U /; Bibliography /; Index Of Names And Places For The Edition Of B (Chapter 4.4) /; Index Of Names /; Index Of Places /; Index Of Manuscripts /; Historia Romana.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-408) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1281921343; 9786611921347; 9047419499
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marek Thue Kretschmer.

The Historia Romana was the most popular work on Roman history in the Middle Ages. A highly interesting aspect of its transmission and reception are its many redactions which bear witness to the continuous development of the text in line with changing historical contexts. This study presents the very first classification of such rewritings, and produces new insights into historiographical discourse in the Middle Ages. Drawing on an analysis of the paraphrase contained in the manuscript Bamberg Hist. 3, which is edited here for the first time, the author offers numerous examples of textual transformations of language, style and ideology, all of which give us a clearer picture of textual fluidity in medieval historiography.