{"product_id":"in-their-own-words-4","title":"In Their Own Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Their Own Words\u003c\/em\u003e examines early medieval history-writing through quotation practices in five works, each in some way the first of its kind. Nithard’s \u003cem\u003eHistoriae de dissensionibus filiorum Ludovici Pii\u003c\/em\u003e is extraordinary for its quotation of vernacular oaths, the first recorded piece of French. The \u003cem\u003eGesta Francorum\u003c\/em\u003e is the first eye-witness account of the First Crusade. Geoffrey of Villehardouin’s \u003cem\u003eLa Conquête de Constantinople\u003c\/em\u003e, written by a leader and negotiator of the Fourth Crusade, and Robert de Clari’s \u003cem\u003eLa Conquête de Constantinople\u003c\/em\u003e, written by a common soldier in the same crusade, are the first extant French prose histories. \u003cem\u003eLi Fet des Romains\u003c\/em\u003e, a translation and compilation of all the classical texts about Julius Caesar (including Caesar’s own \u003cem\u003eGallic Wars\u003c\/em\u003e) that were known in the thirteenth century, is the first work of ancient historiography and the first biography to appear in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeanette Beer’s work bridges the divide between the study of vernacular and Latin writing, providing new evidence that the linguistic cultures were not isolated from each other. Her examination of quotation practices in early medieval histories illuminates the relationship between classical and contemporary influences in the formative period of history-writing in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54228364493144,"sku":"9781442647541","price":50.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781442647541__67ac85fd5a14b.jpg?v=1741135231","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-their-own-words-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}