THEODERIC IN ITALY Fine in Fine dust jacket

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1997

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Year of publication

1997

Author

Moorhead, John

Publishers

Oxford Clarendon Press

Keyword

Medieval Studies Medieval Italy Mediaeval German Studies Gothic, Ostrogoths Late Antiquity

Cover description

Fine in Fine dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0198147813

Description

Special Edition for Sandpiper Books; Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints; 0.75 x 9 x 6 Inches; 312 pages; The career of Theoderic the Ostrogoth is one of the great success stories of antiquity. From being a ruler of a barbarian people wandering around the Balkans, he became king in Italy (493-526) and established one of the most powerful of the post-Roman states. Due to its ample documentation, the Italy of Theoderic allows detailed examination of a period on the frontiers of ancient and medieval, Roman and barbarian. And due to his success in attracting the attention of some of the major literary figures of the time, new light is cast on Boethius, Cassiodorus, and Ennodius when they are considered in the context of their connections with the government. Yet Theoderic's reign, so praised by contemporaries, ended amid tension and discord. In this study, Moorhead considers whether the principles with which he governed brought about the impermanence of his achievement.