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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455744303321

Autore

Julianus, Saint, Bishop of Toledo, <d. 690.>

Titolo

The story of Wamba [[electronic resource] ] : Julian of Toledo's Historia Wambae regis / / translated with an introduction and notes by Joaquín Martínez Pizarro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8132-1616-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Martínez PizarroJoaquín <1946->

Disciplina

946/.01

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Spain History Gothic period, 414-711

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (p. 241-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part I. Introductory Essay""; ""Introduction to the Historia Wambae regis""; ""History""; ""1. Chindasvind�Reccesvind�Wamba""; ""2. From Toledo to Nîmes and Back""; ""3. Julian and Wamba: Two Careers""; ""Literature""; ""1. Authorship""; ""2. The Four-Text Sequence""; ""3. Sources and Models""; ""4. Words and Images""; ""5. The Historia""; ""6. The Insultatio""; ""7. Iudicium: The Scene of Justice""; ""8. Conclusion (largely conjectural): Julian at Work""

""Part II. Translation of Julian of Toledo�s Historia Wambae regis""""The Letter of Paul the Traitor""; ""The Book of the History of Gallia""; ""The Humble Historian�s Invective Against the Usurpation of Gallia""; ""Judgment Pronounced Against the Treachery of Usurpers""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""