The (Medieval Texts in Translation) complete works of Liudprand of Cremona

Book One

retribution Book One chapter headings in the name of the father and son and holy spirit, here begins the ΑΝΤΑΠΟΔÓΣΕΩΣ 1 book of the kings and princes of the european area, composed by liudprand, deacon of the pavian church, ÈΝ ΤῊ ΕΧΜΑΛΟΣÍΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ͂,2 for recemund, bishop of the spanish province of elvira. 1. Preface.3 2. About the castle of Fraxinetum and its location. 3. How the Saracens first took Fraxinetum. 4. How through the Provençals’ [mutual] envy the Saracens devastated Provence, with the locals fostering it. 5.Which emperor then ruled the Greeks, which kings ruled the Bulgarians , Bavarians, Franks, Saxons, Swabians, and Italians, and what pope reigned in Rome.  1. “Retributive” (Greek). See Retribution 3.1 for Liudprand’s own clarification of his title. In the interest of fidelity to Liudprand’s text, the Greek in this volume retains Liudprand’s forms, including his use of diacritical marks. 2. “During his wanderings.” 3. Liudprand added these chapter headings in the second redaction of the text, between 959 and early 962. Y 6.Why Emperor Leo was called Porphyrogenitus. 7. About the Porphyra palace, who built it. 8. About Basil’s genealogy, and how the emperor Michael received him into the palace. 9. About the illness of Emperor Michael, and how he was killed by Basil who himself became emperor. 10. About when Basil saw, in his slumbers, our Lord Jesus Christ dunning him for the death of Michael, and about the charitable donations which the same Basil then made. 11. How the emperor Leo was arrested by his own men at night and taken into custody unrecognized, and whipped, and how the prison guard let him go, and how the same emperor whipped those who did not whip him and honored those who did whip him. 12. About the excellent prank which the same emperor Leo played concerning the sleepers and the gold coins. 13.Why King Arnulf broke the closures and allowed the Hungarians to depart. 14. AboutWido and Berengar, who established by oath a friendship that they did not uphold, and why such friendship cannot be preserved. 15. About Berengar, appointed king in Italy after the death of Charles. 16. HowWido was repudiated by the Franks through the fault of his servant. 17. AboutWido’s return to Italy. 18. About the battles betweenWido and Berengar. 19. About another battle between them and Berengar’s flight. 20. About Zwentibald, son of Arnulf, whom he sent to Italy to help Berengar. 21. How a Lombard killed a Bavarian in a duel. 22. About King Arnulf, who came to Italy by Berengar’s invitation. 23.That the same king Arnulf took Bergamo and hanged Count Ambrose. 24. About the Milanese and Pavians who came to Arnulf. 25. AboutWido’s flight on account of Arnulf. 26. Arnulf’s speech of exhortation to battle. 27. How Leonine Rome was captured. 28.That Arnulf ordered many Romans beheaded on account of Pope Formosus.    liudprand of cremona 29.Why there was enmity between Formosus and the Romans. 30. About Pope Sergius, who ordered Formosus to be exhumed from his tomb and to be deposed while dead. 31. About the body of Formosus, cast into the river by Sergius and found by fishers and hailed by images of the saints. 32. How Arnulf besieged a castle called Fermo and took a deadly potion fromWido’s wife. 33. About the evil deeds that Arnulf’s men did. 34. About Arnulf’s retreat andWido’s pursuit. 35.That the Italian people did not care about Arnulf, and about Margrave Anscar, who was hiding at Ivrea. 36. About the sordid death of King Arnulf. 37. About KingWido’s death and the election of his son Lambert, who was made king. 38. About the expulsion of Lambert and the recall of Berengar. 39. About Count Maginfred, who was beheaded by Lambert for rebelling. 40. About Margrave Adalbert and Count Hildeprand, who came to fight against Lambert. 41. About when King Lambert rushed on Adalbert and Hildeprand at night, and killed their soldiers and took them alive. 42. How Lambert was killed in Marengo by Hugh, son of Maginfred, as vengeance for his father’s death. 43.That Berengar properly obtained the kingship after the death of Lambert. 44. A eulogy for King Lambert. here begins the first book 1. Greetings to the reverend lord Recemund, full of every grace, bishop of the Elviran church, from Liudprand, deacon of the...