Prologues to ancient and medieval history

Prologues to ancient and medieval history: a reader

by Lake, Justin

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

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  • Full title :Prologues to ancient and medieval history : a reader / edited [and translated] by Justin Lake.

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

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013

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Translated from the Latin and Ancient Greek.

"The volume consists of 88 historical prologues and prefatory epistles from the fifth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE. Each individual prologue is preceeded by an introduction that provides basic information and context about the author and his work and directs the reader's attention to important ideas and themes"--Paperback, page 4 of cover.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xix, 300 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781442605039, 1442605030, 9781442607989, 144260798X
  • oclc:ocn842884160
  • LC Classification:D59
  • Dewey Decimal:930

Table of Contents

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. …

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Subjects

Geschichtsschreibung Histoire ancienne -- Historiographie History, Ancient -- Historiography Middle Ages -- Historiography Moyen Âge -- Historiographie PROLOG Prologues and epilogues Prologues et epilogues Textbooks

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Lake, Justin

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