Author : Shami Ghosh
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004305815
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Writing the Barbarian Past: Studies in Early Medieval Historical Narrative by : Shami Ghosh
Download or read book Writing the Barbarian Past: Studies in Early Medieval Historical Narrative written by Shami Ghosh and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides studies of narratives concerning the distant, ‘barbarian’ past, composed c.550–c.1000, ranging from Latin ‘national’ histories to Latin and vernacular epics and lays, and examines the place of this past in early medieval historical consciousness.