Flodoard of Rheims and the Writing of History in the Tenth Century

Flodoard of Rheims (893/4-966) is one of the tenth century's most intriguing but neglected historians, who wrote in the tumultuous decades that followed the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire. This important re-appraisal of his life and work casts new light on the political and cultural history of tenth-century Europe.

List of contents

Introduction: Flodoard of Rheims and his world; 1. Flodoard, his archbishops and the struggle for Rheims; 2. Narrative and history in the Annals; 3. Institutional history and ecclesiastical property; 4. History, poetry and intellectual life; 5. Flodoard's age of miracles; Conclusion: history and historiography in the tenth century.

About the author

Edward Roberts is Lecturer in Early Medieval History at the University of Kent, Canterbury where his research focuses on the political and cultural history of the Carolingian empire and its successor states. He has previously held positions as a postdoctoral researcher at King's College London and the Universidad del País Vasco, and as a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of articles in Early Medieval Europe, the Journal of Medieval History, Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale and Historical Research. His first article was awarded the Early Medieval Europe Essay Prize in 2015.

Summary

Flodoard of Rheims (893/4–966) is one of the tenth century's most intriguing but neglected historians, who wrote in the tumultuous decades that followed the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire. This important re-appraisal of his life and work casts new light on the political and cultural history of tenth-century Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Roberts, Edward (University of Kent Roberts, Roberts Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781316649879
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64987-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; France, English, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Medieval History, Historiography, Western Europe, Church history, Western Continental Europe