Title Flodoard of Rheims and the writing of history in the tenth century / Edward Roberts

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 268 pages) Series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 113 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 113. Contents Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Flodoard of Rheims and His World; The Need for This Study; The Career of Flodoard; Late Carolingian West Francia; Medieval Historians and Historical Writing; Chapter 1 Flodoard, His Archbishops and the Struggle for Rheims; The Canon and the Conflict; Archbishops Hugh and Artold; Flodoard and the Synods of 947-8; Episcopal Authority and Episcopal Historiography; Rheims in Ottonian Europe, c. 950 Chapter 2 Narrative and History in the AnnalsGenre and Form; The Provenance of the Annals; Composition; Authorial Intention; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Institutional History and Ecclesiastical Property; Property Management: Inventories, Histories and Gesta; Flodoard as Archivist; Constructing Claims; Personal Interests; Historical Horizons; Chapter 4 History, Poetry and Intellectual Life; The Triumphs of Christ; Composition and Sources; Lotharingian Intellectual Currents; West Frankish Intellectual Currents; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Flodoard's Age of Miracles; Signs of the Supernatural in the Annals The 'Visions of Flothilde'Miracles and Authority in the History; Conclusion; Conclusion: History and Historiography in the Tenth Century; Bibliography; Manuscripts Cited; Printed Sources; Secondary Works; Unpublished Dissertations and Theses; Online Sources; Index Summary Flodoard of Rheims (893/4-966) is one of the tenth century's most intriguing but neglected historians. His works are essential sources for the emergence of the West Frankish and Ottonian kingdoms in the tumultuous decades following the collapse of the Carolingian empire in 888. Yet although Flodoard is a crucial narrative voice from this period, his works have seldom been considered in the context of the evolving circumstances of his turbulent career or his literary aims. This important new study is the first to analyse and synthesise Flodoard's entire output, suggesting that his writings about Rheims, contemporary politics and the Christian past have until now been taken at face value without regard for his own intentions or priorities, and therefore have been misunderstood. Edward Roberts' re-evaluation of the relationship between political participation, historical understanding and authorial individuality casts important new light on the political and cultural history of tenth-century Europe Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Flodoard, of Reims, 894-966. SUBJECT Flodoard, of Reims, 894-966 fast Subject Historians -- France -- Biography Carolingians -- Historiography Carolingians -- Historiography Historians Historiography SUBJECT France -- History -- To 987 -- Historiography Europe -- History -- 10th century -- Historiography Subject Europe France Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108226851 110822685X 9781108247238 1108247237

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