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The Historia gentis Langobardorum (history of the Lombards) is the chief work by Paul the Deacon, written in the late 8th century. The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ...
Paul the Deacon (c. ...
(7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...
This incomplete history in six books was written after 787 and at any rate no later than 796, maybe at Montecassino. It covers the story of the Lombards from 568 to the death of King Liutprand in 747, and contains much information about the Byzantine empire, the Franks, and others. The story is told from the point of view of a Lombard patriot and is especially valuable for the relations between the Franks and the Lombards. Paul used the document called the Origo gentis Langobardorum, the Liber pontificalis, the lost history of Secundus of Trent, and the lost annals of Benevento; he made a free use of Bede, Gregory of Tours and Isidore of Seville. This article is about the year 787. ...
Events December - Coenwulf becomes king of Mercia. ...
The restored Abbey Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about eighty miles (130 km) south of Rome, Italy, a mile to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Cassinum having been on the hill) and about 1700 ft (520 m) altitude. ...
Events April 1 - King Alboin leads the Lombards into Italy; refugees fleeing from them go on to found Venice. ...
Events Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads. ...
Byzantine Empire (Greek: ) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ...
For other uses, see Franks (disambiguation). ...
The Origo Gentis Langobardorum is a short 7th century text, detailing a legend of the origin of the Lombards, and their history up to the rule of Perctarit (672–688). ...
The Book of the Popes or the Liber Pontificalis is a major source for early medieval history but was also met with intense critical scrutiny. ...
Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. ...
Bede depicted in an early medieval manuscript Depiction of Bede from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. ...
Gregory of Tours (c. ...
It has been suggested that Isidro be merged into this article or section. ...
In some respects he suggests a comparison with Jordanes, but in learning and literary honesty is greatly the superior of the Goth. Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ...
Editions Of the Historia there are about a hundred manuscripts extant. It was largely used by subsequent writers, was often continued, and was first printed in Paris in 1514. Among the editions of the Latin the best is that edited by L. Bethmann and Georg Waitz, in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores rerum langobardicarum (Hanover, 1878). Georg Waitz (October 9, 1813 - May 24, 1886), German historian, was born at Flensburg, in the duchy of Schleswig. ...
The Monumenta Germaniae Historica (frequently abbreviated MGH in bibliographies and lists of sources) is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published sources for the study of German history (broadly conceived) from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500. ...
Translations It has been translated into English, German, French and Italian, the English translation being by WD Foulke (Philadelphia, 1906), and the German by O Abel and R Jacobi (Leipzig, 1878).
Into Italian - A. Viviani, Dell' origine e de' fatti de' Longobardi, 2 vols., Udine (1826‑28)
- G. S. Uberti, De' fatti de' Longobardi, Cividale (1899) reprinted in the Biblioteca Popolare Sonzogno, Milan (1915)
- M. Felisatti, Storia dei Longobardi, Milan (1967)
- F. Roncoroni, Storia dei Longobardi, Milan (1971)
- E. Bartolini, Historia Langobardorum, with Latin text, and translation by A. Giacomini, Udine (nd)
- A. Zanella, Storia dei Longobardi, Milan (1991)
- L. Capo (ed.), Storia dei Longobardi, Milan (1992).
See also The Origo Gentis Langobardorum is a short 7th century text, detailing a legend of the origin of the Lombards, and their history up to the rule of Perctarit (672–688). ...
External links This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ...
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