Based on lectures the author delivered at the Medieval Institute of the University of Notre Dame in Sept. 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-148) and index.
Contents:
Chronology and empire. Genesis and "world chronicles" -- Early medieval continuators of Eusebius - Jerome -- Carolingian "world chronicles" : the Chronicle of 741, Ado of Vienne, and Regino of Prüm --The Franks and Rome. The image of Rome in Carolingian chronicles --The sacred topography of Rome -- The Liber Pontificalis -- Martyrologies and relics -- The sacred past of Rome -- The Franks and their history. Frankish annals - Hadrad's revolt -- Writing and memory -- Local annals.
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