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Writing Ravenna : the Liber pontificalis of Andreas Agnellus

Title: Writing Ravenna : the Liber pontificalis of Andreas Agnellus / Joaquín Martínez Pizarro.
Author: Martínez Pizarro, Joaquín, 1946-
Publication: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1995.

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Description

x, 213 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Writing Ravenna is the first full-length study of the Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written by the priest Andreas Agnellus in the early ninth century. The Liber Pontificalis was intended as a chronicle of the city of Ravenna, which was successively capital of the late Western empire, of the Ostrogothic kingdom of Italy, and of the Byzantine exarchate of Italy. Ravenna constitutes one of the focal points of the late antique and early medieval world, and Agnellus' chronicle offers unique insights into the beliefs, values, and prejudices that informed an early medieval urban society's view of its past. A central feature of the text is unmatched in the historiography of the period: it reproduces the author's presentation of his work to its original audience and the lively dialogue with his fellow clergymen that accompanied the readings.

Series Statement

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Subject

Genre/Form

Biography
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Politics -- Ch. 2. Oral and Written -- Ch. 3. Four Stories. Attila at the Gates of Ravenna. Rosimund Revised. The Secret Massacre. The Martyred Scribe -- Conclusion: The Narrator and His Audience.

ISBN

0472106066
9780472106066

LCCN

95008303

OCLC

ocm32240095
32240095
SCSB-2068309

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library