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Richer of Saint-Rémi : the methods and mentality of a tenth-century historian / Justin LaKe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lake, Justin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richer, of Saint-Rémy, active 10th century.
- Richer.
- Historians--France--Biography.
- Historians.
- France--History--To 987--Historiography.
- France.
- France--History--Capetians, 987-1328--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Building upon, but also moving beyond, previous scholarship that has focused on Richer's political allegiances and his views of kingship, this study by Justin Lake provides the most comprehensive synthesis of the History, examining Richer's use and abuse of his sources, his relationship to Gerbert, and the motives that led him to write.
- Contents:
- Richer's prologue
- Rewriting history: Richer and his written sources
- Narratio probabilis and the techniques of dramatization
- Rhetoric and the historia
- Authorial intention and authorial ambition.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2126-9
- OCLC:
- 861793448
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