Christiana tempora ? The Conclusion of the Histories and the Creation of a Patristic Past
Graeme Ward
The Histories seventh-century conclusion tends to be seen as the text’s most idiosyncratic feature. What contemporary value should ascribed a Carolingian history of world that says nothing about period? This chapter begins by surveying range answers have been given in response this question, before offering new reading Histories’ controversial end point. is keyed narrative flow Part II whole, and authoritative resources from which it was constructed. While previous interpretations posited Frechulf sought emphasise western Empire or wrapping an Augustinian meta-narrative, argues Frechulf’s its defined limits patristic Christianity.
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