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Deeds of the Saxons / Widukind of Corvey ; translated with an introduction and notes by Bernard S. Bachrach and David S. Bachrach.
Van Pelt Library DD801.S32 W545 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Widukind, of Corvey, approximately 925-approximately 973.
- Series:
- Medieval texts in translation
- Standardized Title:
- Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum libri tres. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Saxons.
- History.
- Germany--History--843-1273--Sources.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 168 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "A translation, with scholarly commentary, of the 'Res Gestae Saxonum,' the most important contemporary narrative source for the history of the Saxon German kingdom in the tenth century. Providing a continuous account of the entire reigns of the first two kings of the Saxon dynasty, its focus is primarily political and military, but it also discusses social and cultural topics such as religion, architecture, education, court life, and trade"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Simplified Ottonian dynastic genealogy
- Simplified Carolingian dynastic genealogy
- Introduction
- Books of the Deeds of the Saxons
- Book one
- Book two
- Book three.
- Notes:
- This book does not include the original Latin text.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813226934
- 0813226937
- OCLC:
- 881204852
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