Narrative and History in the<i>Annals</i>
Edward Roberts
Flodoard’s Annals are a crucial source for the history of post-Carolingian kingdoms in first half tenth century. Yet spite text’s importance, it has seldom been studied as piece historiography. highly reticent prose often noted, but work presents several puzzles that have yet to be resolved. Building on findings Chapter 1 concerning political activities, this chapter considers context his deep knowledge and different ways could represented. It examines aspects text were traditional well those exceedingly novel. While interpreted gloomy accurate account tenth-century decline, argues narrative failure was more deliberate authorial construction than supposed. Disillusioned by calamities personal disappointments, I suggest Flodoard found chronicle form vehicle subtle pointed critique ills day.
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