Anglo-Norman Studies XXXI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2008 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781843834731)

A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY

The contemporary historians of Anglo-Norman England form a particular focus of this issue. There are contributions on Henry of Huntingdon's representation of civil war; on the political intent of the poems in the anonymous Life ofEdward the Confessor; on William of Malmesbury's depiction of Henry I; and on the influence upon historians of the late antique history attributed to Hegesippus. A paper on Gerald of Wales and Merlin brings valuable literary insights to bear. Other pieces tackle religious history (northern monasteries during the Anarchy, the abbey of Tiron) and politics (family history across the Conquest, the Norman brothers Urse de Abetot and Robert Dispenser, the friendship network of King Stephen's family). The volume begins with Judith Green's Allen Brown Memorial Lecture, which provides a wide-ranging account of kingship, lordsihp and community in eleventh-century England.

CONTRIBUTORS: Judith Green, Janet Burton, Catherine A.M. Clarke, Sebastien Danielo, Emma Mason, Ad Putter, Kathleen Thompson, Jean A. Truax, Elizabeth M. Tyler, Björn Weiler, Neil Wright

Author: C. P. Lewis
ISBN-10: 1843834731
ISBN-13: 9781843834731
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2009
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d