In Their Own Words: Practices of Quotation in Early Medieval History-Writing

by Jeanette Beer

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In Their Own Words examines early medieval history-writing through quotation practices in five works, each in some way the first of its kind. Nithard's Historiae de dissensionibus filiorum Ludovici Pii is extraordinary for its quotation of vernacular oaths, the first recorded piece of French. The Gesta Francorum is the first eye-witness account of the First Crusade. Geoffrey of Villehardouin's La Conqu te de Constantinople, written by a leader...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:144264754X

ISBN13:9781442647541

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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