Introduction
Graeme Ward
Frechulf of Lisieux’s <italic>Histories</italic> are one the richest but least studied works Carolingian historiography. This introductory chapter accounts for this neglect while also setting out a new framework understanding Frechulf’s text. After outlining what is known about life and ecclesiastical career, it establishes foundations upon which book’s main arguments rest. The ought not to be understood as an unusual work historiography, rather should situated within wider context intellectual culture.
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