The first major historians of medieval Europe composed histories of the Goths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards. They are the main witnesses to the long epoch--sometimes called the Dark Ages--that their writings span, and they have nourished patriotic pride in the modern nations whose origins they are thought to narrate: Jordanes in Germany and Italy, Gregory of Tours in France, Bede in Britain, and Paul the Deacon in Italy. In a book that brings out the conscious creativity of these four writers, Walter Goffart focuses on their goals, scrutinizing what each of them was doing and for whom.

Princeton University Press, 1988.
ISBN: 9780691055145. 491 pp.
Hardcover. Very good in a very good jacket.
Sticker removed from front cover and spine. Tiny scuff on spine of jacket as a result.
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