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050		4	_aDD75 .G467 2016
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100	1		_aGhosh, Shami.
245	1	0	_aWriting the Barbarian Past : _bStudies in Early Medieval Historical Narrative.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (329 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBrill's Series on the Early Middle Ages Series ; _vv.24
505	0		_aIntro -- Writing the Barbarian Past -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- The Barbarian Past and Early Medieval Historical Narrative -- Barbarians and Romans, Christians and Pagans: Cultural Contact in Late Antiquity -- Historical Writing in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages -- 2: The Gothic Histories of Jordanes and Isidore -- The Goths and Rome: Historical Background -- The De origine actibusque Getarum of Jordanes: Background and Summary -- Jordanes's Sources: Oral or Written? -- Paganism and Arianism in the Getica -- Goths and Romans: The Purpose of the Gothic Past in the Getica -- Isidore of Seville's Historia Gothorum: Background, Summary, and Sources -- Religious Identities in Isidore's Historia Gothorum -- Goths, Romans and Barbarians in Isidore's Historia Gothorum -- The Function of Gothic History: Isidore and Jordanes Compared -- 3: The Origins of the Franks -- The Historical Background to Frankish Historiography -- Gregory, Fredegar, and the lhf: Background and Summaries -- The Trojan Origin of the Franks -- The Sources for the Trojan Myth -- The Function of the Frankish Distant Past -- 4: Paul the Deacon and the Ancient History of the Lombards -- The Early History of the Lombards: Background and Sources -- Paul the Deacon and his Historia Langobardorum -- Lombard Oral Tradition in the Historia Langobardorum -- Catholics, Romans, and Lombards in the Historia Langobardorum -- 5: A 'Germanic' Hero in Latin and the Vernacular: Waltharius and Waldere -- Waltharius and Waldere: Authorship, Content, and Historical Background -- Christianity in Waltharius -- Waltharius and Germanic Oral Tradition -- The Distant Past and its Function: Heroic Narrative as Light Entertainment -- 6: Looking Back to a Troubled Past: Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Historical Consciousness.
505	8		_aAnglo-Saxon England: Origins, Narratives, and Literary Culture -- Christianity in Beowulf: The Pagan Past as a Problem -- Beowulf, Germanic Tradition, and the Anglo-Saxon Past -- 7: Vernacular Oral Tradition and The 'Germanic' Past -- Oral Vernacular Historical Material -- "Fashionable Gothicism"? The Value of the 'Germanic' Past -- 8: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aThis book provides studies of narratives concerning the distant, 'barbarian' past, composed c.550-c.1000, ranging from Latin 'national' histories to Latin and vernacular epics and lays, and examines the place of this past in early medieval historical consciousness.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aGermanic peoples-History-To 1500-Historiography.
650		0	_aGermanic peoples-History-To 1500-Sources.
650		0	_aNarration (Rhetoric)-History-To 1500.
650		0	_aHistoriography-History-To 1500.
650		0	_aOral tradition-History-To 1500.
650		0	_aEthnicity in literature.
650		0	_aLatin literature, Medieval and modern-History and criticism.
650		0	_aGermanic literature-History and criticism.
650		0	_aMiddle Ages-Historiography.
650		0	_aMiddle Ages-Sources.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aGhosh, Shami _tWriting the Barbarian Past: Studies in Early Medieval Historical Narrative _dBoston : BRILL,c2015 _z9789004305229
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aBrill's Series on the Early Middle Ages Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4397584 _zClick to View
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