Shami Ghosh, Writing the Barbarian Past: Studies in Early Medieval Historical Narrative. Brill’s Series on the Early Middle Ages 24. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Pp. 330. US$175.00.
Robert Flierman
Such questions, however, should not deter the reader from picking up this book. This is a careful analysis of wide range early medieval texts that are seldom studied together. Anyone interested in barbarian history or perceptions past will find much to think about upon reading it.
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