Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West

Edited by Elizabeth M Tyler Edited by Ross Balzaretti

Book cover: Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West

Extent: 278, 278 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Studies in the Early Middle Ages

Series volume number: 16

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2006)

ISBN: 9782503518282

Price: $58.00

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This collection deliberately brings together work which is chronologically, geographically and generically diverse. Texts studied include traditional narrative historiography, alongside poetry, chronicles, charters, dispute settlements and hagiography. The essays range from Italy and Frankia to Scandinavia and England as they examine texts produced from the seventh to the early twelfth century. In exploring the nature and function of narrative in texts which modern scholars use to study the Middle Ages, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume integrate social, political, intellectual and literary history. Each essay and the volume as a whole illustrate that narrative form offers both new vantage points on the Middle Ages and new opportunities for collaborative study.

  • Edited by Elizabeth M Tyler
  • Edited by Ross Balzaretti