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Saxon identities, AD 150-900, Robert Flierman
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- Summary
- "This study is the first up-to-date comprehensive analysis of the construction of continental Saxon identity in late antique and early medieval writing. It traces this process over the course of eight centuries, from its earliest roots in Roman ethnography to its reinvention in the monasteries of ninth-century Saxony. Building on recent scholarship, this study emphasises not just the constructed and open-ended nature of barbarian identity, but also the crucial role played by texts as instruments and resources of identity-formation. Though mentioned as early as AD 150, the Saxons left no written evidence of their own before c. 840. Thus, for the first seven centuries, we can only look at Saxon identity through the eyes of their Roman enemies, Merovingian neighbours and Carolingian conquerors. What we encounter when we attempt this, is not an objective description of a people, but an ongoing literary discourse on what outside authors imagined, wanted or feared the Saxons to be: dangerous pirates, noble savages, bestial pagans or faithful subjects. Significantly, these outside views deeply influenced how ninth-century Saxons eventually came to write about themselves following their conquest and conversion by the Frankish King Charlemagne, relying on Roman and Frankish texts to reinvent themselves as members of a noble and Christian people"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 274 pages
- Contents
-
- 1. The Most Ferocious of Enemies : Saxons from a Roman Perspective
- 2. Rebels, Subjects, Neighbours : Saxons from a Frankish Perspective
- 3. Gens perfida or populus Christianus? : the Saxons and the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Historiography
- 4. From Defeat to Salvation : Remembering the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Saxony
- Isbn
- 9781350019454
- Label
- Saxon identities, AD 150-900
- Title
- Saxon identities, AD 150-900
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Flierman
- Subject
-
- Europe -- History -- To 476
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- HISTORY -- Medieval
- Latin literature -- History and criticism
- Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism
- Saxons -- Ethnic identity | Historiography
- Saxons -- Historiography
- Saxony (Germany) -- Historiography
- Ethnicity -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 -- Historiography
- Europe -- History -- 476-1492
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This study is the first up-to-date comprehensive analysis of the construction of continental Saxon identity in late antique and early medieval writing. It traces this process over the course of eight centuries, from its earliest roots in Roman ethnography to its reinvention in the monasteries of ninth-century Saxony. Building on recent scholarship, this study emphasises not just the constructed and open-ended nature of barbarian identity, but also the crucial role played by texts as instruments and resources of identity-formation. Though mentioned as early as AD 150, the Saxons left no written evidence of their own before c. 840. Thus, for the first seven centuries, we can only look at Saxon identity through the eyes of their Roman enemies, Merovingian neighbours and Carolingian conquerors. What we encounter when we attempt this, is not an objective description of a people, but an ongoing literary discourse on what outside authors imagined, wanted or feared the Saxons to be: dangerous pirates, noble savages, bestial pagans or faithful subjects. Significantly, these outside views deeply influenced how ninth-century Saxons eventually came to write about themselves following their conquest and conversion by the Frankish King Charlemagne, relying on Roman and Frankish texts to reinvent themselves as members of a noble and Christian people"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flierman, Robert
- Dewey number
- 942.01/7
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DD78.S3
- LC item number
- F55 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in early medieval history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Saxons
- Saxons
- Saxony (Germany)
- Ethnicity
- Latin literature
- Literature, Medieval
- Europe
- Europe
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Label
- Saxon identities, AD 150-900, Robert Flierman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Most Ferocious of Enemies : Saxons from a Roman Perspective -- 2. Rebels, Subjects, Neighbours : Saxons from a Frankish Perspective -- 3. Gens perfida or populus Christianus? : the Saxons and the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Historiography -- 4. From Defeat to Salvation : Remembering the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Saxony
- Control code
- 961008165
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781350019454
- Lccn
- 2016058160
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961008165
- Label
- Saxon identities, AD 150-900, Robert Flierman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Most Ferocious of Enemies : Saxons from a Roman Perspective -- 2. Rebels, Subjects, Neighbours : Saxons from a Frankish Perspective -- 3. Gens perfida or populus Christianus? : the Saxons and the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Historiography -- 4. From Defeat to Salvation : Remembering the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Saxony
- Control code
- 961008165
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781350019454
- Lccn
- 2016058160
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961008165
Subject
- Europe -- History -- To 476
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- HISTORY -- Medieval
- Latin literature -- History and criticism
- Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism
- Saxons -- Ethnic identity | Historiography
- Saxons -- Historiography
- Saxony (Germany) -- Historiography
- Ethnicity -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 -- Historiography
- Europe -- History -- 476-1492
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