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The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius
Malcolm R. Godden
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Description for The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius
Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 145 x 212 x 32. Weight in Grams: 612.
The Old English History of the World is a translation and adaptation of the Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans, written by the Spanish cleric Paulus Orosius at the prompting of Saint Augustine after the sack of Rome in 410. To counter the pagan and republican narratives of Livy and other classical historians, Orosius created an account of the ancient world from a Christian and imperial viewpoint. His work was immensely popular throughout Europe in succeeding centuries, down to the end of the Middle Ages. Around the year 900, an Old English version was ... Read more
The Old English History of the World is a translation and adaptation of the Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans, written by the Spanish cleric Paulus Orosius at the prompting of Saint Augustine after the sack of Rome in 410. To counter the pagan and republican narratives of Livy and other classical historians, Orosius created an account of the ancient world from a Christian and imperial viewpoint. His work was immensely popular throughout Europe in succeeding centuries, down to the end of the Middle Ages. Around the year 900, an Old English version was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674971066
SKU
V9780674971066
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About Malcolm R. Godden
Malcolm R. Godden was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford.
Reviews for The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius
The greatest virtue of this volume is that it takes this important account of the history of world
a vital text to those scholars who work in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies, but which until now has remained relatively obscure to students and the wider public
and makes it far more accessible than it has been for more than a century.
Benjamin A. ... Read more
a vital text to those scholars who work in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies, but which until now has remained relatively obscure to students and the wider public
and makes it far more accessible than it has been for more than a century.
Benjamin A. ... Read more