| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
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Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 7 |
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Later medieval Europe ; v. 7.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Time. Past, present and future; 2. Truth, trustworthiness and legitimation; 3. Representation and the content of chronicles; 4. Narrative; Context of Composition: Wamba in context(s); Chronicon Mundi, (1236) composed in Latin by Lucas de Túy, Bishop of Túy (Galicia), writing for Berengaria, Queen of Leon and C; Wamba in history, the history of Wamba. I. Narration and compilation; Chapter three; Wamba in history, the history of Wamba. Ii. The detail of history; 1. Lucas de Túy, Chronicon Mundi; 2. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Gothica |
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3. Alfonso X el Sabio, Estoria de Espanna4. The Navarrese tradition: the Liber Regum and the Libro de las generaciones; 5. Translations of the Historia Gothica; Wamba in Portugual; Navarre and Aragon: Wamba reclaimed; History in the making: Text, context and the dynamics of medieval chronicles; The past in the present, the present in the past; Re-writing the past: 1. Loci of historiographical action; Re-writing the past: 2. Techniques; Wamba and the discourse of medieval chronicles; Genealogies of texts; Structuring devices. Time past, present and future |
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Truth, trustworthiness and authenticity representation, legitimation and content; Language, prose and narrative; Conclusion; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the construction of the late medieval chronicle in Iberia by means of an examination of eighteen different late medieval accounts of the reign of the Visigothic king Wamba |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wamba, King of the Visigoths, -687 or 688.
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| SUBJECT |
Wamba, King of the Visigoths, -687 or 688 fast |
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Visigoths -- Spain -- Historiography
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Visigoths -- Portugal -- Historiography
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HISTORY.
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Historiography
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Spain -- History -- Gothic period, 414-711 -- Historiography
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Portugal -- History -- Gothic period, 414-711 -- Historiography
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Portugal
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004202726 |
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9004202722 |
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9789004202733 |
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9004202730 |
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