Dudo of Saint-Quentin
Dudo, or Dudon, was a
Historia Normannorum
Written between 996 and 1015, his Historia Normannorum—also known as Libri III de moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum and Gesta Normannorum—was dedicated to
Although Dudo was acquainted with
More recently, Leah Shopkow has argued that Carolingian writing, particularly two saints' lives, the ninth-century Vita S. Germani by Heiric of Auxerre and the early tenth-century Vita S. Lamberti by Stephen of Liège, provided models for Dudo's work.[5]
The work was first published by André Duchesne in his Historiae Normannorum scriptores antiqui, at Paris in 1619. Another edition is in the Patrologia Latina, tome cxli, of J. P. Migne (Paris, 1844), but the best is perhaps the one edited by J. Lair (Caen, 1865).[4]
Dudo claims that
Notes
- ^ Bernard the Dane is a convenient widely-used standardisation of the name. Dudo calls him either 'Bernard of Rouen' (L. Bernardum Rothomagensis) or 'Bernard the Dacian' (L. Bernardum Dacigenam) where 'Dacia' refers to a diocese of eastern Scandinavia, not the province bordering the Black Sea. Dudo sometimes follows the name with militem ('knight' or 'warrior').
References
- ^ Christiansen 1998, p. ix.
- ^ a b Green 2023, p. 7.
- ^ Christiansen 1998, pp. x–xi.
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dudo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 638. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Shopkow 1989, pp. 19–20.
- ^ Dudo of St Quentin 1998, pp. 97–98.
Bibliography
- Christiansen, Eric (1998). Introduction. History of the Normans. By Dudo of St Quentin. The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-552-4.
- Dudo of St Quentin (1998) [original date of authorship, late 10th century]. History of the Normans. Translated by Christiansen, Eric. The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-552-4.
- Green, Judith A. (2023). The Normans: Power, Conquest and Culture in 11th-Century Europe. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-27037-2.
- Pohl, Benjamin (2015). Dudo of Saint-Quentin's Historia Normannorum: Tradition, Innovation and Memory. York Medieval Press. ISBN 978-1-903153-54-3.
- Shopkow, Leah (1989). "The Carolingian world of Dudo of Saint-Quentin". Journal of Medieval History. 15 (1): 19–37. .
- Shopkow, Leah (2002). "The Man from Vermandois: Dudo of St-Quentin and his Patrons". In Shopkow, Leah; Meyerson, Mark D.; Burman, Thomas E. (eds.). Religion, Text, and Society in Medieval Spain and Northern Europe: Essays in Honor of J.N. Hillgarth. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. pp. 302–318. ISBN 978-0-88844-816-3.
External links
- Dudo, Historia Normannorum:
- Latin text and English translation, The Orb.
- Latin text, Bibliotheca Augustana.
- Latin text