{"product_id":"prologues-to-ancient-and-medieval-history-9781442605039","title":"Prologues to Ancient and Medieval History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume brings together for the first time the most important historical prologues of the European tradition for a period of almost two millennia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject matter and the overarching temporal spread [...] commend this book as a suitable text for teaching. It provides a valuable overview of two thousand years of European interest in its own past. -- Parergon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction       Chapter One: Antiquity (500 BCE-500 CE)      1. Hecataeus of Miletus, Genealogies    2. Herodotus, Histories   3. Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War   4. Polybius, Histories     5. Diodorus Siculus, Library   6. Aulus Hirtius, Preface to Book 8 of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War    7. Sallust, Catiline's War   8. Sallust, The Jugurthine War   9. Livy, History of Rome   10. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities    11. Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War   12. Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews   13. Tacitus, Agricola    14. Tacitus, Histories   15. Tacitus, Annals    16. Florus, Epitome of Roman History    17. Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus    18. Herodian, History of the Empire after Marcus   19. Jerome, Chronicle    20. Eunapius of Sardis, History after Dexippus    21. Sulpicius Severus, Life of Saint Martin    22. Rufinus, Ecclesiastical History   23. Orosius, Seven Books of History against the Pagans       Chapter Two: The Early Middle Ages (500-900 CE)      24. Jordanes, On the Summary of the Eras, and the Origin and Deeds of the Romans (Romana)    25. Jordanes, On the Origins and Deeds of the Goths (Getica)    26. Procopius, Wars     27. Procopius, Secret History   28. Agathias, Histories   29. Gildas, On the Destruction and Conquest of Britain   30. Gregory of Tours, Histories    31. Fredegar, Chronicle    32. Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People    33. Paul the Deacon, Roman History   34. Einhard, Life of Charlemagne   35. Frechulf of Lisieux, Chronicle   36. The Astronomer, Life of Emperor Louis   37. Nithard, Histories    38. Agnellus of Ravenna, The Book of the Bishops of the Church of Ravenna   39. Erchempert, History of the Lombards of Benevento       Chapter Three: The Central Middle Ages (900-1100)      40. Regino of Pr m, Chronicle   41. Odo of Cluny, Life of Saint Gerald of Aurillac   42. Flodoard, History of the Church of Rheims   43. Liudprand of Cremona, Antapodosis    44. Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, The Deeds of Otto    45. Widukind of Corvey, Saxon History    46. Heriger of Lobbes, Life of Remaclus\/Deeds of the Bishops of Li ge   47. Letaldus of Micy, The Miracles of Saint Maximin    48. Letaldus of Micy, Life of Saint Julian   49. Richer of Saint-R mi, Histories    50. Aimoin of Fleury, History of the Franks    51. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Deeds of the Normans   52. Adalbold of Utrecht, Life of Emperor Henry II   53. Raoul Glaber, Histories    54. Wipo, Life of Emperor Conrad II    55. William of Jumi ges, Deeds of the Norman Dukes    56. Lampert of Hersfeld, The Book of the Foundation of the Church of Hersfeld   57. Adam of Bremen, Deeds of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen    58. Geoffrey Malaterra, On the Deeds of Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily, and of Duke Robert Guiscard, his Brother       Chapter Four: The High and Late Middle Ages (1100-1400)      59. Fulcher of Chartes, History of the Expedition to Jerusalem    60. Guibert of Nogent, The Deeds of God through the Franks   61. Hugh of Fleury, Ecclesiastical History   62. Gallus Anonymus, Chronicles and Deeds of the Dukes and Princes of the Poles   63. Eadmer, History of Recent Events in England    64. Cosmas of Prague, Chronicle of the Bohemians   65. Galbert of Bruges, On the Murder, Betrayal, and Death of the Glorious Count Charles of Flanders    66. William of Malmesbury, Deeds of the English Kings   67. Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain   68. Orderic Vitalis, Ecclesiastical History    69. Robert of Torigni, Chronicle    70. Alfred of Beverley, Annals, or History of the Deeds of the Kings of Britain   71. Otto of Freising, Chronicle, or History of the Two Cities   72. Otto of Freising and Rahewin, Deeds of Emperor Frederick I   73. Henry of Huntingdon,  History of the English People    74. John of Salisbury, Memoirs of the Papal Court    75. Helmold of Bosau, Slavic Chronicle    76. William of Tyre, Chronicle    77. Gerald of Wales, The Topography of Ireland   78. Gerald of Wales, The Journey through Wales   79. Ralph de Diceto, Abbreviations of Chronicles    80. William of Newburgh, History of English Affairs    81. Gervase of Canterbury, Chronicle    82. Niketas Choniates, History    83. Saxo Grammaticus, History of the Danes    84. Roger of Wendover, Flowers of History   85. Nicholas Trevet, Annals of Six Kings of England    86. Ranulph Higden, Polychronicon     87. Anonymous, The Eulogy of Histories   88. Jean Froissart, Chronicle","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535159558487,"sku":"9781442605039","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442605039.jpg?v=1755859507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/prologues-to-ancient-and-medieval-history-9781442605039","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}