Book Series Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, vol. 29

Historiography and Identity III: Carolingian Approaches

Rutger Kramer, Helmut Reimitz, Graeme Ward (eds)

  • Pages: viii + 396 p.
  • Size:156 x 234 mm
  • Illustrations:2 b/w, 2 tables b/w.
  • Language(s):English
  • Publication Year:2021

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  • ISBN: 978-2-503-58655-7
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In this volume, the diversity of Carolingian historiographical material is brought to light using a broad variety of methodological approaches and different modes of interpretation.

Review(s)

“As a collection of essays, Carolingian Approaches has much to commend. These studies all succeed in presenting thoughtful variations on what at first glance might seem a relatively well-trodden path.” (Edward Roberts, in The Medieval Review, 21.12.29)

« En résumé, nous sommes là en présence d’un recueil d’articles extrêmement varié et stimulant, abordant l’historiographie carolingienne sous une multitude d’angles d’approche avec des questionnements novateurs et ouvrant des pistes de recherche qui s’avèreront sans nul doute fécondes; nous ne pouvons donc qu’attendre impatiemment les prochaines productions de cette équipe de chercheurs dont les membres sont déjà bien connus pour leurs importantes contributions aux études historiographiques médiévales. » (Julien Bellarbre, dans Francia-Recensio, 1, 2022)

“Die Beiträge des Bandes sind durchweg von hoher Qualität und bieten wertvolle Einblicke in Quellen und Fragestellungen, die von der bisherigen Forschung zur karolingischen Geschichtsschreibung eher vernachlässigt wurden.” (Christian Scholl, in der Historischen Zeitschrift 314/3, 2022, p. 756)

BIO

Helmut Reimitz is Professor in the Department of History at Princeton University.
Rutger Kramer is Assistant professor at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Radboud University Nijmegen.
Graeme Ward is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford.

 

Summary

Note: the full text of this volume is now available in Open Access at: https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.5.118545

This volume explores the extent to which the reinstitution of the Empire in Western Europe brought about new ways of reconciling the multitude of post-Roman identities with the way the past was shaped in historiographical narratives. From universal histories to local chronicles, and from narratives that support Carolingian rule to histories with a more local focus, the centralization of power and authority in the course of the eighth and ninth centuries forced those who engaged with their own past and that of their community to acknowledge the new situation, and situate themselves in it. The contributions in this volume each depart from a single source, event, or community, and relate their findings to the broader issue of whether the rise of the multi-ethnic Carolingian court allowed for more inclusive narratives to be created, or if their self-proclaimed place at the centre of the Frankish world actually created a context in which local communities were given new tools to assert themselves.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Histories of Carolingian Historiography: An Introduction — HELMUT REIMITZ

Carolingian Uses of History

From the Order of the Franks to the World of Ambrose: the Vita Adalhardi and the Epitaphium Arsenii Compared — MAYKE DE JONG

Remembering the Ostrogoths in the Carolingian Empire — MATTHIAS M. TISCHLER

A Carolingian Epitome of Orosius from Tours: Leiden VLQ 20 — ROSAMOND MCKITTERICK & ROBERT EVANS

Approaches to History: Walahfrid’s Parallel Universe — RICHARD CORRADINI

Carolingian Histories

Enhancing Bede: The Chronicon Universale to 741 — SÖREN KASCHKE

A Crowning Achievement: Carolingian Imperial Identity in the Chronicon Moissiacense — RUTGER KRAMER

Much Ado about Vienne? A Localizing Universal Chronicon — SUKANYA RAISHARMA

The Sense of an Ending in the Histories of Frechulf of Lisieux — GRAEME WARD

Uses of Carolingian History

Historiography of Disillusion: Erchempert and the History of Ninth-Century Southern Italy — WALTER POHL

‘A Man of Notable Good Looks Disfigured by a Cruel Wound’: The Forest Misadventure of Charles the Young of Aquitaine (864) in History and Legend — ERIC GOLDBERG

Index