Late Antique Historiography

History of the Franks

Title(s):
  • History of the Franks
  • Historia vel gesta Francorum
    (Historia vel gesta Francorum, History or deeds of the Franks)
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Period covered:
Creation-751
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (ethnic history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
The work, found in class IV manuscripts of Fredegar, was orginally understood as a continuation of Fredegar, but Collins (2007) argues that it is an independent work, including parts of Fredegar. It was reworked by another author after 768. According to Collins, the work was commissioned by count Childebrand, the brother of Charles Martel. Reimitz (2015), 296-297 identifies Childebrand and Nibelung as the authors of the chronicle.
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Bibliography:
  • R. Collins (2007) Die Fredegar-Chroniken (Monumenta Germaniae historica: Studien und Texte, 44). Hannover.
  • H. Reimitz (2015) History, Frankish identity and the framing of Western ethnicity, 550-850. Cambridge.