Rethinking the Chronicle: Modern Genre Theory Applied to Medieval Historiography

Ramunė Markevičiūtė

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Rethinking the Chronicle: Modern Genre Theory Applied to Medieval Historiography

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Pages:: 182–200

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004428560_009

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From the first conferences of the Medieval Chronicle Society it became increasingly apparent that a large variety of medieval historiographical texts could be considered as chronicles. Simultaneously, questions regarding the definition of the term ‘chronicle’ have been raised. In the present paper I wish to question the use of the term ‘chronicle’, particularly in reference to its applicability to a specific genre. First, I will discuss earlier attempts to classify medieval historiography. A look at modern genre theory will reveal trends and methods for genre definition. In what follows, I want to suggest a new approach to genre in medieval historiography. The goal is to maintain the notion that systemisation of texts on the basis of specific features is possible, while strict classification of genre models may be abandoned. Instead, this new conceptualisation understands abstract genres and concrete texts as interacting elements in a network. The suggested model is then examined in further detail and applied to a concrete text, Henry of Latvia’s Chronicon Livoniae.

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The Medieval Chronicle 13

Series: The Medieval Chronicle, Volume: 13

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004428560

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 14 Apr 2020

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- History
  - Medieval History
- Literature and Cultural Studies
  - Literary Theory

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