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The annals of St-Bertin : ninth-century histories, volume 1 / translated and annotated by Janet L. Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Manchester medieval sources (Manchester, England).
- Manchester medieval sources series
- Standardized Title:
- Annales Bertiniani. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France).
- Middle Ages--History--Sources.
- Middle Ages.
- France--History--To 987--Sources.
- France.
- Genre:
- Sources
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 pages) : maps, genealogical tables; digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- MMSO edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- Translation of: Annales Bertiniani.
- Translated from the Latin.
- Summary:
- The Annals of St-Bertin, covering the years 830 to 882, are the main narrative source for the Carolingian world in the ninth century. This richly-annotated translation by a leading British specialist makes these Carolingian histories accessible in English for the first time, encouraging readers to reassess and evaluate a crucially formative period of European history. Produced in the 830s in the imperial palace of Louis the Pious, The Annals of St-Bertin were continued away from the Court, first by Bishop Prudentius of Troyes, then by the great scholar-politician Archbishop Hinemar of Rheims. The authors' distinctive voices and interests give the work a personal tone rarely found in medieval annals. They also contain uniquely detailed information on Carolingian politics, especially the reign of the West Frankish king, Charles the Bald (840-877). No other source offers so much evidence on the Continental activities of the Vikings. Janet L. Nelson offers in this volume both an entree to a crucial Carolingian source and an introduction to the historical setting of teh Annals and possible ways of reading the evidence. The Annals of St-Bertin will be valuable reading for academics, research students and undergraduates in medieval history, archaeology and medieval languages. It will also fascinate any general reader with an interest in the development of European culture and society.
- Contents:
- IntroductionThe text - The Annals of St-BertinBibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print record and e-Publication PDF, viewed on February 23, 2017.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-1272-8
- OCLC:
- 1086476832
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