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The narrators of barbarian history (A.D. 550-800): Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon

Goffart, Walter A.

Year: c1988.

Publisher: Princeton University Press.

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Frontmatter

Preface

List of Abbreviations

I. The First Major Historians of Medieval Europe

II. Jordanes and His Three Histories

1. The Inauguration of "National" History

2. Cassiodorus and Jordanes: A Strained Collaboration

3. The Gothic History of Cassiodorus

4. Jordanes's Ambiguous Origins

5. Parts I and II of Jordanes's Historical Collection

6. How Closely Did Jordanes Reproduce the Gothic History of Cassiodorus?

7. The Getica: A Celebration of Goths?

8. The Getica: History with a Happy Ending

9. The Getica: Roman Victories and Scandinavian Origins

10. The Date, Destination, and Authorship of Jordanes's Historical Library

11. Conclusion

III. Gregory of Tours and "The Triumph of Superstition"

1. The Historian and His Context

2. The History of the Franks, or Histories?

3. Miracula: A Christian Historian's Answer to Philosophy

4. Historiae: Candid but Chaotic Commemoration?

5. Historiae: The Moral Sense of Events

6. Historiae: Miracles and Slaughters

7. Historiae: Plot, Prodigies, and "Autobiography"

8. Historiae: The Union of Satire with History

9. Historiae: The Intellectual Pattern

10. Conclusion

IV. Bede and the Ghost of Bishop Wilfrid

1. Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum: Detachment or Advocacy?

2. The Background and Foreground of the Ecclesiastical History

3. The Genesis of Northumbrian Church History

4. Bede's Three Models for the Ecclesiastical History

5. The Abasement of Bishop Wilfrid

6. Conclusion

V. Paul the Deacon's Interpretation of Lombard History

1. The Historia Langobardorum: Disappointment and Promise

2. Frioul, Pavia, Benevento, and Charlemagne's Court

3. Historia Romana: Italy from Janus to Justinian

4. Narrative Continuity in the Original Books of the Historia Romana

5. Minor Works: Gregory the Great and the Bishops of Metz

6. Preliminary to the Historia Langobardorum

7. H.L. 1: The Nonprovidential Origin of the Lombards

8. H.L. 2: The Tragedy of Italy

9. H.L. 3: The Lombards Reborn

10. H.L. 4: The Lombards Prosper, Fall from Righteousness, and Find a Savior

11. H.L. 5: From Christian Kingship to Confusion and Anarchy

12. H.L. 6: Italy in Transition

13. Conclusion

VI. Conclusion

Secondary Works Cited

Index of Passages Cited

General Index

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The narrators of barbarian history (A.D. 550-800) : Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon / Walter Goffart.

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Goffart, Walter A

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The narrators of barbarian history (A.D. 550-800) : Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon / Walter Goffart.
Goffart, Walter A
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1988.

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Subject Headings:

• Jordanes, -- 6th cent
• Gregory, -- Saint, Bishop of Tours, -- 538-594
• Bede, -- the Venerable, Saint, -- 673-735
• Paul, -- the Deacon, -- ca. 720-799?
• Migrations of nations -- Historiography
• Germanic peoples -- Historiography
• Middle Ages -- Historiography
• Europe -- History -- 392-814 -- Historiography

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