Marius of Avenches, the ‘Excerpta Valesiana,’ and the Death of Boethius

As Charles Henry Coster wittily observed, the fall of Boethius has been almost as much discussed as that of Adam, and as in Adam's case there is hardly a statement about it that is not open to doubt, that has not been exhaustively, even acrimoniously, argued. Even the year in which he was arres...

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Main Author: Morton, Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1982
In: Traditio
Year: 1982, Volume: 38, Pages: 107-136
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Summary:As Charles Henry Coster wittily observed, the fall of Boethius has been almost as much discussed as that of Adam, and as in Adam's case there is hardly a statement about it that is not open to doubt, that has not been exhaustively, even acrimoniously, argued. Even the year in which he was arrested and that in which he died have been hotly disputed, though these are questions far simpler then the problem of why he fell.
ISSN:2166-5508
Contains:Enthalten in: Traditio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900009405