Anonymus and Master Roger

by Anonymous and János M. Bak

Contains two very different narratives; both are for the first time presented in an updated Latin text with an annotated English translation.An anonymous notary of King Bela of Hungary wrote a Latin Gesta Hungarorum (ca. 1200/10), a literary composition about the mythical origins of the Hungarians and their conquest of the Carpathian Basin. Anonymus tried to (re)construct the events and protagonists-including ethnic groups-of several centuries before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9639776955
• ISBN13: 9789639776951
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"