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.

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History of the Lombards canonical 2

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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

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Paul the Deacon notableWork History of the Lombards
Historia Langobardorum alternativeName History of the Lombards