History of the Lombards
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History of the Lombards is an 8th-century Latin historical chronicle that serves as the principal narrative source on the origins, kings, and migrations of the Lombard people in early medieval Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| History of the Lombards canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ medieval historiographical work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Historia Langobardorum
ⓘ
Historia Langobardorum ⓘ
surface form:
Historia Longobardorum
|
| associatedWith |
Benedictines
ⓘ
surface form:
Benedictine monastic culture
|
| author | Paul the Deacon ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | covers both pre-migration and Italian phases of Lombard history ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of Lombard kings
ⓘ
descriptions of wars and migrations ⓘ ecclesiastical and hagiographical material ⓘ legendary material about Lombard origins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of the Lombards ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 8th century ⓘ |
| describes |
Lombard legal and social customs
ⓘ
fall of the Lombard kingdom to the Franks ⓘ interaction between Lombards and the papacy ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
ⓘ
history ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later narratives of Germanic peoples
ⓘ
national historiography of Italy ⓘ |
| historicalValue |
key source for early medieval Italian history
ⓘ
principal narrative source for Lombard history ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
ⓘ
Isidore of Seville ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Latin Christian historiography ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Lombard royal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Lombard kings
Lombard invasion of Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Lombard migrations
Lombards ⓘ early medieval Europe ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | survives in multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
Lombard Italy
ⓘ
surface form:
Lombard
|
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | early medieval Latin literature ⓘ |
| placeDescribed |
Italy
ⓘ
Pannonia ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ
surface form:
Scandinavia (legendary homeland)
|
| principalSourceFor |
Lombard relations with Byzantines and Franks
ⓘ
Lombard royal genealogy ⓘ origins of the Lombards ⓘ political history of the Lombard kingdom ⓘ |
| religiousContext | written from a Christian perspective ⓘ |
| settingOfComposition | Carolingian period ⓘ |
| structure | divided into six books ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | from legendary origins to late 8th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
medieval chroniclers
ⓘ
modern historians of the early Middle Ages ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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