'Tunc gens ipsa peribit' En: waarom Paulus Diaconus de geschiedenis van een verloren volk schreef

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to gain insight into the public and aim of the 'Historia Langobardorum', written by Paul the Deacon. I have analysed two aspects of this work, namely the presentation of the Lombards as a 'gens' and the geographical background of the work.