History, Scripture, and Authority in the Carolingian Empire
«What makes History, Scripture, and Authority in the Carolingian Empire truly essential for anyone interested in early medieval historiography or the genre of 'universal history' is Ward's close and enormously insightful reading of a woefully under-read text.»
Dr. Josh Timmermann, Early Medieval Europe
History, Scripture, and Authority is the first book-length study of the ninth-century historian Frechulf of Lisieux in any language. It uses the creation of Frechulf's monumental Histories to explore how the past was read and interpreted in Carolingian Europe. Les mer
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Frechulf's Histories comprise a vast account of the world stretching from its creation through to the seventh century AD, compiled from a wide range of late antique chroniclers and historians. In examining Frechulf's long overlooked historiographical compendium, this book challenges a dominant paradigm within medieval studies of understanding history-writing as an extension of politics and power. By focusing instead on the transmission and reception of the patristic tradition, the
compilation of authoritative knowledge, and the relationship between history and scriptural exegesis, it reveals Frechulf's work to be unexpectedly a rich artefact of Carolingian intellectual culture.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780197267288
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«What makes History, Scripture, and Authority in the Carolingian Empire truly essential for anyone interested in early medieval historiography or the genre of 'universal history' is Ward's close and enormously insightful reading of a woefully under-read text.»
Dr. Josh Timmermann, Early Medieval Europe
«A useful companion to scholars interested in Frechulf specifically and early medieval historiography more generally.»
Bryan D. Spinks, Journal of Ecclesiastical History