Table of contents Vorwort der Herausgeber MAYKE DE JONG, ROSAMOND MCKITTERICK, WALTER POHL, IAN WOOD Introduction 11 1. The perception of Roman past in early Medieval Eurone 17 2. Historiography and memory: the presence of the Prankish past 73 3. Texts, authority and identities 179 4. Temporal and spatial distinctions as markers of identity 277 5. Religious identifications and difference 345 Abbreviations . . . . 413 Bibliography . . . . . 415 Primary sources. 415 Literature. 427