The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona

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  • Liutprand of Cremona
  • Author:  Liutprand of Cremona
  • Collection:  "Facta" Collection
  • Year: 15-10-2015
  • Translator from Latin: Prof. Lilyana Simeonova
  • Availability:  In Stock
  • Product Code:  1606-01
  • SKU: 17.0051
  • ISBN: 978-619-152-691-8
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This modern translation of all the surviving literary compositions ascribed to Liudprand, the bishop of Cremona from 962 to 972, offers unrivaled insight into society and culture in western Europe during the iron century". Since Liudprand enjoyed the favor of the Saxon Roman emperor Otto the Great, and traveled to Constantinople more than once on official business, his narratives also reveal European attitudes toward the Byzantine Empire and the culture of its refined capital city. No other tenth-century writer had such privileged access to the high spheres of power, or such acerbic wit and willingness to articulate critiques of the doings of powerful people.

Liudprand's historical texts (the Antapodosis on European events in the first half of the 900s, and his Historia Ottonison the rise to power of Otto the Great) provide a unique view of the recent past against a genuinely European backdrop, unusual in a time of localized cultural horizons. Liudprand's famous satirical description of his misadventures as Ottonian legate at the Byzantine court in 968 is a vital source of information on Byzantine ritual and diplomatic process, as well as a classic of medieval intercultural encounter.

Readers interested in medieval European culture, the history of diplomacy, Italian and German medieval history, and the history of Byzantium will find this collection of translated texts rewarding. A full introduction and extensive notes help readers to place Liudprand's writings in context.

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Liutprand of Cremona

Liutprand of Cremona

Liutprand, also Liudprand, Liuprand, Lioutio, Liucius, Liuzo, and Lioutsios (c. 920–972), was a historian, diplomat, and Bishop of Cremona born in what is now northern Italy, whose works are an impor... Read more

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Tags: Byzantium, Middle Ages, Way of Life & Spirituality, Culturology, Christianity

Specification
Year 15-10-2015
Translator from Latin: Prof. Lilyana Simeonova
Pages 336
Size 140/215 мм
Weight 0.46 kg
Collection Колекция "Facta"
Cover Type Hardcover
Genre Byzantium, Middle Ages, Way of Life & Spirituality, Culturology, Christianity

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