The story of Wamba : Julian of Toledo's Historia Wambae regis /
"In 673, the recently elected King Wamba of Spain was confronted with a separatist rebellion in Visigothic Gaul and other territories in the northeast of his realm. After recapturing Barcelona and Gerona, the ruler crossed the Pyrenees at the head of his armies and, taking one fortress after an...
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introductory essay. Introduction to the Historia Wambae regis. History. Chindasvind--Reccesvind--Wamba
- From Toledo to Nimes and back
- Julian and Wamba: two careers. Literature. Authorship
- The four-text sequence
- Sources and models. Epistola Pauli perfidi
- Historia and insultatio
- Iudicium
- Words and images
- The historia. Design
- The refusal of power
- The king at the head of his armies
- The end of usurpers
- Politics of clemency. The insultatio. Design
- Personification: mother and monster
- The children of Gallia and Hispania
- Iudicium: the scene of justice
- Conclusion (largely conjectural): Julian at work. Part II. Translation of Julian of Toledo's Historia Wambae regis. The letter of Paul the traitor
- The book of the history of Gallia
- The humble historians' invective against the usurpation of Gallia
- Judgment pronounced against the treachery of usurpers.
