La lotta delle due nature in Guglielmo d'Aquitania, ovvero quel che resta di un aristocratico carolingio
Regan Kramer
The Struggle of the Two Natures William Aquitaine: Legacy a Carolingian Aristocrat
Rutger Kramer, Nuova Rivista Storica 104.1 (2020), 397-409.
This article presents an impression different ways in which count Toulouse (c. 750-814) is remembered medieval source record. Focusing on his two “natures” – saint and warrior this analyses how earned place history, reputation not built upon any historical reality, but development stories that emerged wake. These narrative “ideal types” show complexities shaping memory famous individual. Their deeds, end, are less important than about them: it through evolution these we can trace legacy that, eyes modern historians, should be kernel single personality over centuries has become multiple actors, vying for attention struggling to make mark subsequent historiography.
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