The Inheritance of historiography, 350-900
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The Inheritance of historiography, 350-900
（Exeter studies in history, no. 12）
University of Exeter , Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Humanities Press, 1986
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Includes bibliographies and index
Contents of Works
- Did Athanasius write history? / B.H. Warmington
- Ammianus and the eternity of Rome / John Matthews
- Chronicle and theology / Robert Markus
- Sozomen and Eusebius / Jill Harries
- History as text / Averil Cameron
- The triumph of Greco-Roman rhetorical assumptions in pre-Carolingian historiography / Roger Ray
- Ethnic history and the Carolingians / Donald Bullough
- Romanitas and campanilismo / T.S. Brown
- Asser's Life of Alfred / James Campbell
Description and Table of Contents
Description
To what extent did the historians of the early Middle Ages inherit the aims and methods of Greek and Roman historiography? How far were they influenced by classical coventions about literary genre, rhetorical technique and political subject-matter? A conference held in Exeter in 1985 brought together a number of distinguished scholars to discuss these questions.This book presents nine of the contributions, on representative authors from the fourth century to the ninth. Together they provide an authorative guide to the contrasts and continuities in history-writing from Byzantium to Alfred's Wessex.
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INTRODUCTION: CLASSICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY T.P. Wiseman
DID ATHANASIUS WRITE HISTORY? B.H. Warmington
AMMIANUS AND THE ETERNITY OF ROME John Matthews
CHRONICLE AND THEOLOGY: PROSPER OF AQUITAINE Robert Markus
SOZOMEN AND EUSEBIUS: THE LAWYER AS CHURCH HISTORIAN IN THE FIFTH CENTURY Jill Harries
HISTORY AS TEXT: COPING WITH PROCOPIUS Averil Cameron
THE TRIUMPH OF GRECO-ROMAN RHETORICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN PRE-CAROLINGIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY Roger Ray
ETHNIC HISTORY AND THE CAROLINGIANS: AN ALTERNATIVE READING OF PAUL THE DEACON'S HISTORIA LANGOBARDORUM Donald Bullough
ROMANITAS AND CAMPANILISMO: AGNELLUS OF RAVENNA'S VIEW OF THE PAST T.S. Brown
ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED James Campbell
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