The Inheritance of Historiography, 350-900 (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Studies in History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859892727 ISBN 13: 9780859892728

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 1986

Synopsis

To what extent did the historians of the early Middle Ages inherit the aims and methods of Greek and Roman historiography? How far were they influenced by classical coventions about literary genre, rhetorical technique and political subject-matter? A conference held in Exeter in 1985 brought together a number of distinguished scholars to discuss these questions.This book presents nine of the contributions, on representative authors from the fourth century to the ninth. Together they provide an authorative guide to the contrasts and continuities in history-writing from Byzantium to Alfred's Wessex.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Wiseman is Emeritus Professor of Roman History at Exeter University and a Fellow of the British Academy. He came to Exeter in 1977, and was Head of Department from 1977 to 1990. Although he retired in 2001, he is still involved in graduate teaching at both MA and PhD levels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0859892727
• ISBN 13: 9780859892728
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Holdsworth Christopher, Wiseman T.P.