Introduction
This chapter offers a rationale for the book and an introduction to Flodoard’s career works. It summarises key political developments in tenth-century West Frankish kingdom provides outline of dominant historiographical interpretations period. In theory, Flodoard should be star witness debates about nature social change kingdoms polities that succeeded Carolingian empire, but his works have tended overlooked favour charters other ‘documentary’ evidence. When has been invoked by scholars, this usage uncritical, primarily because he appears straightforward, impartial writer. From what himself tells us career, however, apparent neutrality is clearly illusion, therefore authorial strategy requires interrogation. Finally, survey major literary approaches medieval historiography authors underpin methodology book.
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