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Dudo of Saint-Quentin's Historia Normannorum
Tradition, Innovation and Memory
Inbunden, 2015
1333 kr
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Interdisciplinary study of one of the most important texts of the Anglo-Norman period.When Dudo of Saint-Quentin's Historia Normannorum first appeared in or around 1015, written for the then Duke of Normandy, Richard II, Dudo created a text without precedent. By committing the lives and deeds of …
Classicist Writings of Thomas Walsingham
`Worldly Cares' at St Albans Abbey in the Fourteenth Century
Inbunden, 2016
1415 kr
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A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events.The literary career of Thomas Walsingham, a significant figure in late fourteenth-century classicist letters in England and an overlooked contemporary of Chaucer, has been …
Medieval Cantors and their Craft
Music, Liturgy and the Shaping of History, 800-1500
Av Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis, Andrew B Kraebel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1731 kr
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First full-length study of the role and duties of the medieval cantor.Cantors made unparalleled contributions to the way time was understood and history was remembered in the medieval Latin West. The men and women who held this office in cathedrals and monasteries were responsible for calculating …
Universal Chronicles in the High Middle Ages
Av Michele Campopiano, Henry Bainton
Inbunden, 2017
1489 kr
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New perspectives on and interpretations of the popular medieval genre of the universal chronicle.Found in pre-modern cultures of every era and across the world, from the ancient Near East to medieval Latin Christendom, the universal chronicle is simultaneously one of the most ubiquitous pre-modern …
Construction of Vernacular History in the Anglo-Norman Prose Brut Chronicle
The Manuscript Culture of Late Medieval England
Av Julia Marvin
Inbunden, 2017
1489 kr
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First full-length interpretive study of the prose Brut tradition, setting its manuscript context alongside textual analysis.The prose Brut chronicle was the most popular vernacular work of the late Middle Ages in England, setting a standard for vernacular historical writing well into the age of …
Medieval Cantors and their Craft
Music, Liturgy and the Shaping of History, 800-1500
Av Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis, Andrew B Kraebel m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
437 kr
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First full-length study of the role and duties of the medieval cantor.Cantors made unparalleled contributions to the way time was understood and history was remembered in the medieval Latin West. The men and women who held this office in cathedrals and monasteries were responsible for calculating …
Writing History in the Community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130
From Bede to Symeon of Durham
Inbunden, 2020
1267 kr
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An examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to construct and define an identity.Historical texts of all kinds were written in the community of St Cuthbert c.700-1130, from short annals to extended narrative history, political tracts …
Constructing History across the Norman Conquest
Worcester, c.1050-c.1150
Av Francesca Tinti, David A. Woodman
Inbunden, 2022
1295 kr
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An investigation into the hugely significant works produced by the Worcester foundation at a period of turmoil and change.From the mid-eleventh to the mid-twelfth century Worcester was a monastic community of unparalleled importance. Not only was it home to many of the most famous bishops and monks …
Lost Artefacts from Medieval England and France
Representation, Reimagination, Recovery
Av Laura Cleaver, Kathryn Gerry
Inbunden, 2022
1489 kr
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Contemporary descriptions of objects no longer extant examined to reconstruct these lost treasures.Surviving accounts of the material culture of medieval Europe - including buildings, boats, reliquaries, wall paintings, textiles, ivory mirror cases, book bindings and much more - present a …
Literary Variety and the Writing of History in Britain's Long Twelfth Century
Inbunden, 2023
1489 kr
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A survey of the different literary forms adopted by history writers after the Conquest, exploring why and for what effects they were used.Histories of Britain composed during the "twelfth-century renaissance" display a remarkable amount of literary variety (Latin varietas). Furthermore, British …
Writing History in the Anglo-Norman World
Manuscripts, Makers and Readers, c.1066-c.1250
Häftad, 2022
365 kr
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The contexts for the works of eleventh and twelfth-century historians are here brought to the fore.History was a subject popular with authors and readers in the Anglo-Norman world. The volume and richness of historical writing in the lands controlled by the kings of England, particularly from the …
Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception
Writing England's Past
Inbunden, 2025
1333 kr
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Offers insights into the political, social and cultural interests that informed the shaping of England's pre-Conquest history.The Norman Conquest brought about great change in England: new customs, a new language, and new political and ecclesiastical hierarchies. It also saw the emergence of an …
Robert of Torigni's Chronography and the Universal Chronicle Tradition
Inbunden, 2026
1333 kr
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Offers a reassessment of universal chronicle-writing and its ideological implications in the twelfth century.The Chronography of Robert of Torigni is a key source for the political landscapes of twelfth-century Normandy, England, and wider Western Europe. Robert was at the heart of the Norman …
Royal Sanctity and the Making of History in High Medieval Scandinavia
Inbunden, 2026
1415 kr
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Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of historical and political myth-making via the concept of royal sanctity in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Nordic history writing.In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, writers working in Latin and vernacular genres, from the chronicle and saints' lives …
Writing History in the Anglo-Norman World
Manuscripts, Makers and Readers, c.1066-c.1250
Inbunden, 2018
813 kr
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The contexts for the works of eleventh and twelfth-century historians are here brought to the fore.History was a subject popular with authors and readers in the Anglo-Norman world. The volume and richness of historical writing in the lands controlled by the kings of England, particularly from the …
