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Reading Orosius in the Viking Age: An influential yet problematic model

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper considers the representation of war in the Old English Orosius, in order to investigate what models the Late Antique text might have provided to its English audience at the time of the Viking invasions. In particular, the present analysis seeks to highlight how, in that specific context, Orosius’ work – and especially the vernacular rendering of the sack of Rome of AD 410 – might have raised serious questions about the workings of history.

Source: Filologia Germanica

DOI: 10.14672/fg.v5i.2602

Authors: Pezzarossa, Lucrezia, Pezzarossa, Lucrezia

Language: English

Topic: Medieval Literature and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W6904851514

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