The Gesta Berengarii Imperatoris (or "Deeds of the Emperor Berengar") is an epic poem chronicling the career of Berengar of Friuli from its inception (c. An epic is a lengthy Narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation 874) until his imperial coronation in Rome in December 915. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 It is highly praiseworthy of its namesake and comes off as a court panegyric. A panegyric is a formal public speech, or (in later use written verse delivered in high praise of a Person or thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating
It is "difficult and often maddeningly vague. "[1]
Sources
- Previté Orton, C. W. "Italy and Provence, 900-950." The English Historical Review, Vol. 32, No. 127. (Jul. , 1917), pp 335-347.
- Reuter, Timothy (trans. ) The Annals of Fulda. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II. ) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992.
Notes
- ^ Reuter, 144.
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