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407 and All That: Retrospective
- Journal of Late Antiquity
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 2009
- pp. 75-78
- 10.1353/jla.0.0030
- Article
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This short article examines the four preceding pieces, placing each in its own very particular historiographical and cultural context: Peter Heather’s “forensic” analysis, written to explain what really happened in 407; Mark Vessey’s elegant example of the “literary turn” and the world of cultural studies; Stefan Rebenich’s mining of an important historical source, done with all the care and integrity of the Germanic tradition; and Neil McLynn’s sharp exercise in source analysis, reminding more casual historians of the responsibilities that go with the use of texts.