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God's scribe : the historiographical art of Galbert of Bruges / Jeff Rider.
Van Pelt Library DH801.F46 R53 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rider, Jeff, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galbert, de Bruges, -1134. De multro, traditione, et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis Flandriarum.
- Galbert.
- Charles, Count of Flanders, -1127.
- Assassination.
- Flanders--Historiography.
- Flanders.
- Charles, Count of Flanders, -1127--Assassination.
- Charles.
- Flanders--Kings and rulers--Death--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 360 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Intended as a companion volume to the De multro (The Murder of Charles the Good), this book provides an outline of the Flemish crisis and summarizes what is known about Galbert of Bruges. It traces the elaboration of the De multro from a set of wax notes to a nearly completed chronicle. Rider studies Galbert's sources, the way he took and organized his notes, the distinct stages in which the chronicle was written, its literary qualities, and the conceptual tools he used to comprehend the events he related in it.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813210186
- OCLC:
- 44548969
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