{"product_id":"narratives-of-a-new-order-elizabeth-freeman-9782503510903","title":"Narratives of a New Order: Cistercian Historical Writing in England, 1150-1220","description":"The origins of the Cistercian monastic order are currently under intense scrutiny and revision, as scholars identify how the written word was used to 'invent' a unified corporate identity. Here Elizabeth Freeman examines the classic genre for inventing a past - the history, chronicle, and annal - and argues that historical narratives of the English Cistercians helped define the characteristics of both the new Cistercian monastic order and also the new orders of twelfth- and thirteenth-century England. She shows how Aelred of Rievaulx's \u003ci\u003eRelatio de standardo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGenealogia regum Anglorum\u003c\/i\u003e articulated new senses of Englishness, and demonstrates through attention to library holdings that this focus on national self-definition continued throughout the twelfth century. The \u003ci\u003eFundacio abbathie de Kyrkestall\u003c\/i\u003e shifts focus to local history and exploits Cistercian tropes of land-use in order to resolve the communal insecurity that characterised the Cistercians in around 1200. The \u003ci\u003eNarratione de fundatione Fontanis monasterii\u003c\/i\u003e features another method of reconciling the nostalgic quest for continuity with the intellectual recognition of change - it separates historical 'fact' from 'meaning' and imbues events with rich allegorical significance. Finally, Ralph of Coggeshall's \u003ci\u003eChronicon Anglicanum\u003c\/i\u003e indicates the multiple strategies Cistercian historians employed in order to turn the disparate and contradictory events of the past into a comprehensible and meaningful narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Freeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2503510906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782503510903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brepols Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.94h x 6.44w x 0.78d","brand":"Elizabeth Freeman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974676041983,"sku":"9782503510903","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11a012e8-6b22-4b41-814d-ec4467f7b119.jpg?v=1750875735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/narratives-of-a-new-order-elizabeth-freeman-9782503510903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}