Relics, apocalypse, and the deceits of history
Subtitle: Ademar of Chabannes, 989-1034
By: Richard Landes.
Series: Harvard historical studies ;; 117; Harvard historical studies ;; v. 117.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Adémar, de Chabannes, 988-1034.; Adémar, de Chabannes, 988-1034 -- Forgeries.; Martial, Saint, Bishop of Limoges, 3rd cent. -- Cult -- France -- Limousin.; Benedictines -- France -- Limousin -- Biography.; Monastic and religious life -- France -- Limousin -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Forgery of manuscripts -- France -- Limousin.; Limousin (France) -- Church history.
Description: This unusual biographical work traces the life and career of Ademar of Chabannes, a monk, historian, liturgist, and hagiographer who lived at the turn of the first Christian millenium.

Thanks to the unique collection of over one thousand folios of autograph manuscript that Ademar left behind, Richard Landes has been able to reconstruct in great detail the development of Ademar's career and the events of his day, and to suggest several major revisions in the general picture held by current medieval historiography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-390) and index.