Bruno of Merseburg and his historical method,c.1085
David S. Bachrach|Bernard S. Bachrach
Bruno of Merseburg wrote his history the war between Saxons and King Henry IV c.1085. Scholars generally have treated Bruno's text as a polemic consequently relatively little historical value except insofar it corroborates material found in other contemporary sources such Lampert Hersfeld's more highly regarded Annales. The main has been seen embedding some two dozen letters account, most which are not otherwise attested source record. burden this essay is to examine method information shed light on ways an ostensibly polemical also was work Isidorean sense recording events that actually happened. It authors' view although worked actively disparage present Saxon nobility best possible light, he strove depiction understood them happened sim...
Journal of Medieval History