Author Description

'History, Scripture, and Authority' offers a detailed analysis of the work of the 9th-century historian Frechulf of Lisieux. It uses the creation of Frechulf's monumental 'Histories' to explore how the past was read and interpreted in the Carolingian empire. In c. 830, Frechulf, bishop of the northerwestern Frankish see of Lisieux, completed his 'Histories,' a vast account of the world from its creation through to the 7th century. Despite the richness of the source, it has long been overlooked by modern scholars. Two factors account for this neglect: Frechulf's narrative stops over two centuries short of his time of writing, and was largely compiled from earlier, late antique histories and chronicles.