Anglo-Norman Studies XXXIX

Elisabeth van Houts is Honorary Professor of European Medieval History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College. Christopher Whittick spent 44 years as an archivist in local government and is now a freelance cataloguer, researcher and editor. LAURA CLEAVER is Professor of Manuscript Studies at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. THOMAS O'DONNELL is Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Fordham University, New York, USA.

• Why Do Battles Matter? - Christopher M. ClarkFrom Conquest to Commonwealth: Cross-Channel Circulation of Biblical Culture in the Anglo-Norman World - Julie BarrauDocumentation, Forgery and the Making of the Chronicle of Battle Abbey (British Library, MS Cotton Domitian A II) - Laura CleaverRival Schoolmasters in Early Eleventh-Century Rouen with Special Reference to the Poetry of Warner of Rouen (fl. 996-1027) (The Marjorie Chibnall Memorial Essay) - Stefan de JongRemembering the Battle of Hastings: Memorialization, le Souvenir Normand, and the Entente Cordiale - Brian GoldingEarl Harold and the Foundation of Waltham Holy Cross (1062) - Simon KeynesEdward the Confessor and the Succession Question: A Fresh Look at the Sources - Tom LicenceEngland and Flanders Around 1066: The Cult of the English Saints Oswald and Lewinna in the Comital Abbey of Bergues - Brigitte MeijnsThe Carmen de Hastingae Proelio: Politics and the Poetics of 1067 - Thomas O'DonnellEngland and Germany: Two Perspectives - Alheydis PlassmannLes préparatifs nautiques de la Conquête: un héritage viking? Les mots ont la parole... - Elisabeth RidelBattle Abbey and the Vellomaniacs - Locating the Monastic Archive - Christopher Whittick, Senior ArchivistOf Danes and Thegns and Domesday Book: Scandinavian Settlement in eleventh-century Berkshire - Ann Williams