Frechulf and the Carolingian Culture of Compilation
Graeme Ward
Frechulf’s Histories are a compendium of earlier historiographical texts, feature that once led to the text being dismissed as derivate and thus seen limited in its value source. This chapter instead argues compilatory nature work is key understanding it significant product Carolingian textual scholarship. The compilation authoritative knowledge by no means unique eighth ninth centuries, this begins taking broad look at pre-modern cultures compilation. Nevertheless, distinctive approach can be observed, which elucidates.
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