Database: Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris (CHAP)

Title(s):

Deeds of Theoderic
Gesta Theoderici
(Gesta Theoderici, Deeds of Theoderic)

Author:

Anonymous (Deeds of Theodoric)

Period covered:

454-526

Language:

Latin

State of Preservation:

Hypothetical

Genre:

Remarks:

It has been suggested that the passage in Fredegar is a citation of a now lost source (see Collins 2007, 52). Borchert 2005 shows that the narrative is constructed by Fredegar himself. The story was also used in medieval hagiography: cf. Thorbecke (1874/1875); Krusch (1888: 200-214).

Edition - Translation:

Fragments:

Fredegar, Chronicle 2.57-59

Users:

Fredegar, Pseudo-

Sources:

Bibliography:

S. Borchert (2005) 'Das Bild Theoderichs des Grossen in der Chronik des sog. Fredegar'. In: Geschehenes und Geschriebenes: Studien zu Ehren von Günther S. Henrich und Klaus-Peter Matschke, ed. S. Kolditz - R.C. Müller. Leipzig: 435-452.
R. Collins (2007) Die Fredegarchroniken (Monumenta Germaniae historica: Studien und Texte, 44). Hannover.
B. Krusch (1888) Fredegarii et aliorum chronica (Monumenta Germaniae historica: Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 2). Hannover.
A. Thorbecke (1874-1875) Über Gesta Theoderici. Heidelberg.