¿The Past through Narratology¿ proposes a fresh approach to various types of
texts from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Starting from a broad defi
nition of what a text can be ¿ ranging from hagiographic narratives and maps to
archaeological remains ¿ this book proposes narrativity and narratology as
frameworks for exploring sources and exchanging opinions. The various contributions
in this volume investigate how late antique and early medieval authors and movements
used narrative as a vehicle for their ideas and how they operated in literarised
spaces. At the same time, this book also examines how we as researchers construct
narratives about our periods of study.