L'historiographie tardo-antique et la transmission des savoirs

This volume focuses on the role played by historiography in the selection, processing and transmission of knowledge in Late Antiquity. In particular, the transmission of documents (civil and ecclesiastical, authentic and apocryphal) is studied, the impact of differences in genre, as well as how hist...

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Other Authors: Blaudeau, Philippe (Editor), Nuffelen, Peter (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2015
Series:Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies 55
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Summary:This volume focuses on the role played by historiography in the selection, processing and transmission of knowledge in Late Antiquity. In particular, the transmission of documents (civil and ecclesiastical, authentic and apocryphal) is studied, the impact of differences in genre, as well as how historical, anthropological, ethnographic, astronomical, and medical notions are reshaped in new cultural traditions.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (380 p.)
ISBN:9783110409239
9783110406931
9783110409314
Access:Open Access