Название: Attila, King of the Huns: Man and myth
Автор: Patrick Howarth
Издательство: Barnes & Noble Books
ISBN: 0760700338
Год: 1995
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 205
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 10,3 МБ
Язык: Английский
He also provides a careful study of the Attila legends which grew up through the centuries, ranging from Roman chronicle through the "Nibelungenlied" to Hollywood epic. The contrast between fiction and truth is startling.
The early Christian chroniclers called Attila the Scourge of God and thought he had been sent to punish people for their sins. Italian artists portrayed him with horns. The resulting popular picture was of a bloodthirsty tyrant. Basing his presentation in particular on an account left by a man who dined with Attila and knew his family, Patrick Howarth shows him to have been a man of clemency, tolerance and wisdom, albeit a highly successful man of war.
Attila reigned for only eight years. After consolidating an empire which extended to the Caspian he came near to toppling the Roman Empire in both East and West.