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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 July 2009
      11 August 2005
      ISBN:
      9780511496370
      9780521846011
      9780521075985
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496370
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 408 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 408 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (64)
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    Subjects:
    British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (64)
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    The period from the fifth century to the eighth century witnessed massive political, social and religious change in Europe. Geographical and historical thought, long rooted to Roman ideologies, had to adopt the new perspectives of late antiquity. In the light of expanding Christianity and the evolution of successor kingdoms in the West, new historical discourses emerged which were seminal in the development of medieval historiography. Taking their lead from Orosius in the early fifth century, Latin historians turned increasingly to geographical description, as well as historical narrative, to examine the world around them. This book explores the interdependence of geographical and historical modes of expression in four of the most important writers of the period: Orosius, Jordanes, Isidore of Seville and the Venerable Bede. It offers important readings of each by arguing that the long geographical passages with which they were introduced were central to their authors' historical assumptions and arguments.

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    "With its compelling and cogent analysis, fine writing and inclusion of complete English translations of each of the geographical introductions, History and Geography in Late Antiquity is a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on its subjects and will certainly make these important texts more accessible to a wide audience."
    -Camille Serchuk, Southern Connecticut State University, Journal of Medieval Studies

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