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Book SynopsisAlongside annals, chronicles were the main genre of historical writing in the Middle Ages. Their significance as sources for the study of medieval history and culture is today widely recognised by historians, by students of literature and linguistics, and by art historians. All chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose they were written, how they reconstruct the past, or what kind of literary influences are discernible in them. With illuminated chronicles, the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions. The series The Medieval Chronicle, published in cooperation with the Medieval Chronicle Society (medievalchronicle.org), provides a representative survey of on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods, and cultural backgrounds.
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors The Phenomenon of the Divine in Medieval Cypriot Chronicles and Chronicles Referring to Cyprus Nicholas Coureas Narratives of Poisoning in the Chronicles of Pedro López de Ayala Lynne Echegaray Nicole Gilles’s Presentation of the Death of Louis XI and the Collection of Symbols of Kingship Catherine Emerson Transforming Eusebius: Continuity and Shifts in the Representation of Constantine in Socrates and Sozomen Daniil Kotov The Frankish Minor Annals Preface Bart van Hees and Sören Kaschke Minor Annals and Frankish History Writing Bart van Hees Fluid Historiography: The Annales Petaviani and the (Re)Writing of History in the Eighth Century Sören Kaschke Hoc anno rex plures interfecit: The Year 782 in the Major and Minor Annals Robert Flierman Christian Language and the Frankish ‘Minor’ Annals: Narrative, History and Theology in the Late Eighth Century Robert Evans Reframing the Carolingian Annals Jennifer R. Davis Review: Baldric of Bourgueil: “History of the Jerusalemites”. A Translation of the Historia Ierosolimitana. Translated by Susan B. Edgington; Introduction by Steven J. Biddlecombe Carol Sweetenham Review: Bram Caers, Vertekend verleden: Geschiedenis herschrijven in vroegmodern Mechelen (1500–1650) Sjoerd Levelt Review: Eric McGeer and John W. Nesbitt, Byzantium in the Time of Troubles: The Continuation of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes (1057–1079) Daniel R.F. Maynard Review: Lisa Demets, Onvoltooid verleden. De handschriften van de Excellente cronike van Vlaenderen in de laatmiddeleeuwse Vlaamse steden Bram Caers The Malmesbury Continuation (1332–1357) of the Anglo-Norman Prose Brut: Text and Translation Trevor Russell Smith
