History of the Lombards

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History of the Lombards is an 8th-century Latin historical chronicle that serves as the principal narrative source on the origins, kings, and migrations of the Lombard people in early medieval Europe.

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History of the Lombards canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
medieval historiographical work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Historia Langobardorum ⓘ
Historia Longobardorum ⓘ
associatedWith Benedictine monastic culture ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
author Paul the Deacon ⓘ
chronologicalScope covers both pre-migration and Italian phases of Lombard history ⓘ
contains accounts of Lombard kings ⓘ
descriptions of wars and migrations ⓘ
ecclesiastical and hagiographical material ⓘ
legendary material about Lombard origins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of the Lombards ⓘ
dateWritten 8th century ⓘ
describes Lombard legal and social customs ⓘ
fall of the Lombard kingdom to the Franks ⓘ
interaction between Lombards and the papacy ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
history ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later narratives of Germanic peoples ⓘ
national historiography of Italy ⓘ
historicalValue key source for early medieval Italian history ⓘ
principal narrative source for Lombard history ⓘ
influencedBy Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Isidore of Seville ⓘ
literaryTradition Latin Christian historiography ⓘ
mainSubject Lombard kings ⓘ
Lombard migrations ⓘ
Lombards ⓘ
early medieval Europe ⓘ
manuscriptTradition survives in multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ
narrativePerspective Lombard ⓘ
linked to: Lombard Italy
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf early medieval Latin literature ⓘ
placeDescribed Italy ⓘ
Pannonia ⓘ
Scandinavia (legendary homeland) ⓘ
linked to: Scandinavia
principalSourceFor Lombard relations with Byzantines and Franks ⓘ
Lombard royal genealogy ⓘ
origins of the Lombards ⓘ
political history of the Lombard kingdom ⓘ
religiousContext written from a Christian perspective ⓘ
settingOfComposition Carolingian period ⓘ
structure divided into six books ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed from legendary origins to late 8th century ⓘ
usedBy medieval chroniclers ⓘ
modern historians of the early Middle Ages ⓘ

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Paul the Deacon → notableWork → History of the Lombards ⓘ
Historia Langobardorum → alternativeName → History of the Lombards ⓘ