IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1008: Historiography in Late Merovingian Gaul: Aspects and Problems of the Liber Historiae Francorum
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Birgit Kynast, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
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Moderator/Chair: | Ludger Körntgen, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Paper 1008-a | The Chronology of a Narrative Source: Problems of an Old Edition (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1008-b | Good King, Bad King?: Childerich I in Merovingian Historiography (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1008-c | 'Alia pro aliis referunt': The Liber historiae Francorum and Other Histories of the Time (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | The Liber Historiae Francorum is the most recent of only three major historiographical sources surviving from Merovingian Gaul. It was not only the shortest, but also the most widespread and the most influential of these throughout the Middle Ages. Despite its shortness, the narrative structures and the chronology are not easy to understand. Due to its age and design, Krusch's edition (dating from 1888) does not always provide much help for answering questions concerning content and chronology. The session shall shed some light on specific problems that are exemplary of that source and its edition. |