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Godfrey of Viterbo and his Readers

By Thomas Foerster

Godfrey of Viterbo and his Readers Contemporary literature

Godfrey of Viterbo and his Readers

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This collection provides a systematic survey of the wide readership the works of Godfrey of Viterbo enjoyed in the late Middle Ages. In the last years of the twelfth century this chronicler and imperial notary wrote a series of historical collections that gained considerable and lasting popularity: between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, his works were copied in elaborate manuscripts in almost all of Latin Europe. Godfrey was a herald of the new political ideas the Hohenstaufen developed after the years of defeat against the papacy and the Italian communes, but also a universal chronicler whose interests reached far beyond the political issues of his day. Bringing together a group of specialists on manuscripts and historical writing in late medieval England, Spain, Italy, Germany, Bohemia and Poland, this volume demonstrates how Godfrey's works were understood by medieval readers.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
212
Release Date:
2015-07-31
Publication Date:
2015-07-28
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1472442687
ISBN13:
9781472442680
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
487 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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