Merovingians in Historiographical Tradition - From the Sixth to the Sixteenth Centuries

"The Merovingian centuries were a foundational period in the historical consciousness of western Europe, and their stories were shaped through a process of historiographical adaptation across a millennium. This expert commentary is for scholars interested in early medieval history and historiography"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Trojans, sea-monsters, and long-haired kings: from Priam to Childeric; 2. Capud victuriarum vestrarum Chlodovechus; 3. Taedit me memorare: the middle Merovingians; 4. Omni ecclesiastica dignitate nobilitavit: 'Good King Dagobert'; 5. Regibus solo nomine regnantibus: the Late Merovingians; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Yaniv Fox is Associate Professor of History at Bar-Ilan University. He is the organizer of the 2021–2022 Israel Institute for Advanced Studies research group 'Purity and Pollution in Late Antique and Early Medieval Culture and Society' and the author of Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul: Columbanian Monasticism and the Frankish Elites (2014).

Product details

• Authors: Yaniv Fox, Yaniv (Bar-Ilan University Fox, Fox Yaniv
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009285018
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928501-8
• No. of pages: 325
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, Historiography, Western Europe, General and world history, Later 16th century c 1550 to c 1599, Early 16th century c 1500 to c 1550, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600