Assembling the Austrasian letters at Trier and Lorsch

This article is a reconsideration of the Epistulae Austrasicae. We critique the widespread notion that the constituent letters were compiled by a courtier in the late sixth century at Metz as a book of models for use in the Austrasian chancellery. We argue instead that a monk from the monastery of L...

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Main Authors: Barrett, G, Woudhuysen, G
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2016