Histories [Latin]

by Richer of Saint-Rémi

The Historia of Richer of Saint-R mi (ca. 950-ca. 1000), an invaluable source for understanding tenth-century West Francia (present-day France), provides a rare contemporary account of the waning Carolingian dynasty, accession of Hugh Capet, and failed rebellion of Charles of Lorraine. Beginning in 888, the Historia surveys a tumultuous century in which two competing dynasties struggled for supremacy, while great magnates seized upon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 0674061594
• ISBN13: 9780674061590
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.1"