The Use of History in the Chronicon of Isidore of Seville
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4496289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Merritt Bassett |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 278 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2504730 |
| OpenAlex | W2313348008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
From the perspective of modern historiography, the historical works of Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) are of poor quality. They fail to discriminate between the important and the unimportant. They are silent when it would seem that their author should be taking note of what we know was happening -matters of which he was surely aware. They sometimes offer extended remarks on small items. And at times they are unbearably homiletical. We are inclined to think it unfortunate that they became major sources and models for medieval historiography. E. A. Thompson, after ruefully admitting that for the period from 589 to 632 Isidore's works are our only sources for Visigothic Iberia, says of the good bishop's Historia Gothorum Wandalorum Sueborum: He could hardly have told us less, except by not writing at all.' Ernest Brehaut says
Ancient history · Art · Literature · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History · Classics · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2023 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |