Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception

MATTHEW FIRTH is Associate Lecturer in Medieval History and Literature at Flinders University, Australia. DANIEL ANLEZARK is McCaughey Professor of Early English Literature and Language at the University of Sydney. He has published widely on Old English literature, with particular interests in biblical poetry and Alfredian prose. MATTHEW FIRTH is Associate Lecturer in Medieval History and Literature at Flinders University, Australia. Elisabeth van Houts is Honorary Professor of European Medieval History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College.

The variety of approaches and diverse materials discussed in this collection spark exciting possibilities and avenues for future research. Where this volume most noticeably contributes new knowledge on perceptions of the past in the post-Conquest historiography of England is its inclusion of analyses of lesser-known texts and historical figures alongside the better-known works of history writing.

• Introduction: The Pre-Conquest Past in Post-Conquest England - Matthew FirthPart I - Writing the Past1. The Authorship of Late-Eleventh-Century Annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Daniel Anlezark2. Making All Things New: Eadmer of Canterbury and the Pre-Conquest Church - Eleanor Parker3. Usable Pasts in Angevin England: Gervase of Canterbury and Richard of Devizes - Michael Staunton4. 'A Little Handbook of Chronology': Contexts and Purpose of Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu - Stanislav Mereminskii5. The Libellus de gestis regum Anglorum, a Cistercian Excerpt of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum from Late-Twelfth-Century Normandy - Elisabeth van Houts6. What's in a Tomb? Language and Landscape in Robert Mannyng's Story of Inglande - Jacqueline M. BurekPart II - Writing Identity7. 'Terre ipse loqueretur': Pre-Conquest Space in Post-Conquest Monastic Institutions - Cynthia Turner Camp8. 'I will give myself to the work of reading history': Lessons from the past in the Relatio de Standardo of Aelred of Rievaulx - Connor C. Wilson9. King Offa of Mercia: Damnatio Memoriae or Vir Mirabilis? Transmission and Adaptation in Post-Conquest England - Julian Calcagno10. 'Cesare splendidior': Anglo-Norman Memories of Æthelflæd of Mercia - Matthew Firth11. Eadric Silvaticus: Walter Map's Parable on the Colonisation of Wales - Kimberly LiftonSelect BibliographyIndex