From The History of the Langobards by Paul the Deacon, translated by William Dudley Foulke, LL. D.; The Department of History, University of Pennsylvania; New York: Longman, Green & Co., 1906; pp. xi-xiv.
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EXPLANATION OF REFERENCES TO AUTHORITIES ix
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INTRODUCTION
Life and Writings of Paul the Deacon, with a Historical and Literary Estimate of his Work xv
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HISTORY OF THE LANGOBARDS.
BOOK I.
Original abode and early migrations of that people before their invasion of Italy — [Descriptions of Germans]1 — Struggles with the Wandals, Assipitti, Bulgarians, Heroli and Gepidæ — [Account of Justinian’s reign — Poems in honor of St.Benedict — See Appendix III.] 1
Relations of Narses with the Langobards and events leading to the immigration into Italy — Invasion and conquest by Alboin — [Account of Fortunatus — Description of the provinces of Italy] — Murder of Alboin — Cleph — Interregnum and government by the dukes 53
[St. Hospitius] — History of the Interregnum — Forays into Gaul and invasions of Italy by the Franks — Reign of Authari — [Events in the Eastern Empire] — His wooing — His death — Agilulf succeeds him 94
Reigns of Agilulf, Adaloald, Arioald, Rothari, Radoald, Aripert, Perctarit, and Godepert — Accession of Grimoald — [Accounts concerning the empire, Gregory the Great, Benevento, the Hunnish invasion, and the author’s ancestry] 151
Reigns of Grimoald, Perctarit and Cunincpert, and rebellion of Alahis — [Events regarding the empire, Benevento Spoleto and Fruili] 209
Conclusion of Cunincpert’s reign — Liutpert, Raginpert, Aripert II, Ansprand, Liutprand — [Events in Benevento, the empire, Spoleto, and among the Franks and Saracens] 250
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APPENDIX I.
Ethnological Status of the Langobards 315
Sources of Paul’s History of the Langobards — (a) Frankish sources — Gregory of Tours — Fredegarius (?) — (b) Langobard sources — Origo Gentis Langobardorum — Secundus of Trent — (c) Roman sources — Eugippius, Gregory the Great, Marcus Casinensis, Venantius Fortunatus, Autpert, Life of Columban, Pliny, Justin, Cosmographer of Ravenna, Virgil, xiii Donatus, Victor, Festus, Isidore, Jordanes, Justinian, Liber Pontificalis, Bede, Lost Annals, Madrid Catalogue, Speier and Bamberg-Oxford Catalogues of the Provinces of Italy. Index of Sources 318
Poems in honor of St. Benedict — (Book I, ch. 26, of the History) 393
1 The episodes and collateral matters of the history are enclosed in brackets.
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