Prologues to ancient and medieval history : a reader / edited by Justin Lake. - xix,294 pages ; 23 cm. - Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures series ; XVII .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Prüm, 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 Liège -- 47. Letaldus of Micy, The Miracles of Saint Maximin -- 48. Letaldus of Micy, Life of Saint Julian -- 49. Richer of Saint-Rémi, 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 Jumièges, 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.

Sketches of eighty historians with translated excerpts from eighty eight of their works.



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