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Book Synopsis Orderic Vitalis by : Charles C. Rozier
Download or read book Orderic Vitalis written by Charles C. Rozier and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full-length collection on one of the most significant and influential historians of the medieval period.
Book Synopsis The World of Orderic Vitalis by : Marjorie Chibnall
Download or read book The World of Orderic Vitalis written by Marjorie Chibnall and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1996 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `A wise, learned, gracefully written account of the Anglo-Norman world and its most remarkable chronicler.' SPECULUM Orderic Vitalis, born near Shrewsbury in 1075 and sent as a child oblate to the Norman abbey of Saint-Evroult, wrote one of the most vivid and important medieval chronicles. His world encompassed Shropshire in the aftermath of theConquest, Normandy in civil war and at peace, and, briefly, the wider French perspective of the priory of Maule. Saint-Evroult was open to all the cross-currents of a changing society, and Orderic witnessed fundamental changes inchurch organisation, patterns of aristocratic inheritance, attitudes towards knighthood, and Christian militancy towards non-Christians. This book is concerned with monastic life and culture and its interaction with the life of courts and Norman families. It also describes the life of Orderic himself, and an appendix gives a translation of his own moving account of his life, an epilogue to the Historia.MARJORIE CHIBNALL is a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She has written many booksand articles about the Anglo-Norman world, including an edition of Orderic's Ecclesiastical History.
Book Synopsis The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume III: Books V and VI by : Orderic Vitalis,
Download or read book The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume III: Books V and VI written by Orderic Vitalis, and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1983-03-03 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betrifft die Handschrift Cod. 555 der Burgerbibliothek Bern.
Book Synopsis The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by : Ordericus Vitalis
Download or read book The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy written by Ordericus Vitalis and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Medieval Ghost Stories by : Andrew Joynes
Download or read book Medieval Ghost Stories written by Andrew Joynes and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Medieval Ghost Stories" is a collection of ghostly occurrences from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries; they have been found in monastic chronicles and preaching manuals, in sagas and heroic poetry, and in medieval romances. In a religious age, the tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make hair stand on end; unfailingly, these stories give a fascinating and moving glimpse into the medieval mind. Look only at the accounts of Richard Rowntree's stillborn child, glimpsed by his father tangled in swaddling clothes on the road to Santiago, or the sly habits of water sprites resting as goblets and golden rings on the surface of the river, just out of reach...
Book Synopsis The Written World by : Amanda Jane Hingst
Download or read book The Written World written by Amanda Jane Hingst and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Written World draws on Orderic Vitalis's writings to investigate the ways in which high medieval historians understood geographical space to be a temporally meaningful framework for human affairs.
Book Synopsis Gesta Guillelmi by : Guilelmus (de Tocco)
Download or read book Gesta Guillelmi written by Guilelmus (de Tocco) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William of Poitiers served William the Conqueror for many years as one of his chaplains. His Gesta Guillelmi is a first-hand account of the momentous events of William's reign, and one of the most important sources for the history of the period. This new edition, with facing-page English translation of the Latin text, provides the first complete English translation, as well as a full historical introduction and detailed notes.
Book Synopsis The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume IV: Books VII & VIII by : Orderic Vitalis,
Download or read book The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume IV: Books VII & VIII written by Orderic Vitalis, and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1983-03-03 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts by : Anna Roberts
Download or read book Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts written by Anna Roberts and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together specialists from different areas of medieval literary study to focus on the role of habits of thought in shaping attitudes toward women during the Middle Ages. The essays range from Old English literature to the Spanish Inquisition and encompass such genres as romance, chronicles, hagiography, and legal documents.
Book Synopsis The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis by : Ordericus Vitalis
Download or read book The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis written by Ordericus Vitalis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and translation on opposite pages.
Download or read book William written by Mark Hagger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1066 is the most famous date in English history. On 14 October, on Senlac Hill near Hastings, a battle was fought that would change the face of England forever. Over the next twenty years, Norman culture was imposed on England, and English politics and society were radically reshaped. But how much is really known about William 'the Conqueror', the Norman duke who led his men to victory on that autumn Saturday in what was to be the last successful invasion of England? Mark Hagger here takes a fresh look at William - his life and leadership. As king, he spent much of his reign threatened by rebellion and invasion. In response, he ordered castles and strongholds to be built across the land - a symbol of the force with which he defended his realm and which, along with Domesday Book, England's first public record, attest to a powerful legacy. This book provides a rounded portrait of one of England's greatest rulers.
Book Synopsis Anglo-Norman Castles by : Robert Liddiard
Download or read book Anglo-Norman Castles written by Robert Liddiard and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wide-ranging studies offer an in-depth analysis of castle-building 11th - 12th centuries and place castles within their broader social and political context. The castles of the eleventh and twelfth centuries remain among the most visible symbols of the Anglo-Norman world. This collection brings together for the first time some of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from experts in history, archaeology and historic buildings. Castles remain a controversial topic of academic debate and here equal weight is given to seminal articles that have defined the study of the subject while at the same time emphasising newer approaches to the fortresses of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. The studies in this volume range from discussions of the residential and military role of the castle to architectural symbolismand royal attitudes to baronial fortification. The result is a survey that offers an in-depth analysis of castle-building during the eleventh and twelfth centuries but which also places Anglo-Norman castles within their broader social, architectural and political context. Contributors: ANN WILLIAMS, RICHARD EALES, DEREK RENN, LAWRENCE BUTLER, ROBERT HIGHAM, MARJORIE CHIBNALL, R.ALLEN BROWN, CHARLES COULSON, SIDNEY PAINTER, FREDERICK C. SUPPE, GRANT G. SIMPSON, BRUCE WEBSTER, J.R. KENYON, THOMAS McNEILL, T.A. HESLOP, PHILIP DIXON, PAMELA MARSHALL, JOHN BLAIR, CHARLES COULSON, ROBERT LIDDIARD
Book Synopsis The Norman Conquest by : Hugh M. Thomas
Download or read book The Norman Conquest written by Hugh M. Thomas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the successful Norman invasion of England in 1066, this concise and readable book focuses especially on the often dramatic and enduring changes wrought by William the Conqueror and his followers. From the perspective of a modern social historian, Hugh M. Thomas considers the conquest's wide-ranging impact by taking a fresh look at such traditional themes as the influence of battles and great men on history and assessing how far the shift in ruling dynasty and noble elites affected broader aspects of English history. The author sets the stage by describing English society before the Norman Conquest and recounting the dramatic story of the conquest, including the climactic Battle of Hastings. He then traces the influence of the invasion itself and the Normans' political, military, institutional, and legal transformations. Inevitably following on the heels of institutional reform came economic, social, religious, and cultural changes. The results, Thomas convincingly shows, are both complex and surprising. In some areas where one might expect profound influence, such as government institutions, there was little change. In other respects, such as the indirect transformation of the English language, the conquest had profound and lasting effects. With its combination of exciting narrative and clear analysis, this book will capture students interest in a range of courses on medieval and Western history.
Book Synopsis The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy. Tr., with notes, and the intr. of Guizot, by T. Forester by : Ordericus Vitalis
Download or read book The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy. Tr., with notes, and the intr. of Guizot, by T. Forester written by Ordericus Vitalis and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Deeds of Louis the Fat by : Suger (Abbot of Saint Denis)
Download or read book The Deeds of Louis the Fat written by Suger (Abbot of Saint Denis) and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No description available
Book Synopsis Illuminated History Books in the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1272 by : Laura Cleaver
Download or read book Illuminated History Books in the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1272 written by Laura Cleaver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, texts about the recent and more distant past were produced in remarkable numbers in the lands controlled by the kings of England. This may be seen, in part, as a response to changing social and political circumstances in the wake of the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The names of many of the twelfth and thirteenth-century historians are well known, and they include Orderic Vitalis, William of Malmesbury, John of Worcester, Henry of Huntingdon, Gerald of Wales, and Matthew Paris. Yet the manuscripts in which these works survive are also evidence for the involvement of many other people in the production of history, as patrons, scribes, and artists. Illuminated History Books in the Anglo-Norman World focuses on history books of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to examine what they reveal about the creation, circulation, and reception of history in this period. In particular, this research concentrates on illuminated manuscripts. These volumes represent an additional investment of time, labour, and resources, and combinations of text and imagery shed light on engagements with the past as manuscripts were copied at specific times and places. Imagery could be used to reproduce the features of older sources, but it was also used to call attention to particular elements of a text, and to impose frameworks onto the past. As a result, Illuminated History Books in the Anglo-Norman World has the potential to change the way in which we see the medieval past and its historians.
Book Synopsis Vengeance in the Middle Ages by : Asst Prof Susanna A Throop
Download or read book Vengeance in the Middle Ages written by Asst Prof Susanna A Throop and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to balance the traditional literature available on medieval feuding with an exploration of other aspects of vengeance and culture in the Middle Ages. A diverse assortment of interdisciplinary essays from scholars in Europe and North America contest or enlarge traditional approaches to and interpretations of vengeance in the Middle Ages. Each essay attempts to clarify the multifaceted experience of vengeance within a specific medieval context—a particular region, a particular text, a particular social movement. By asking what relationship a distinct factor like authorship or religion has with the concept of vengeance, each author points towards the breadth of meanings of medieval vengeance, and to the heart of the deeper and broader questions that spur scholarly interest in the subject. Geographically, the essays in the volume highlight Western Europe (particularly the Anglo-Norman world), Scotland, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal. Thematically, the essays are concerned with heroic cultures of vengeance, vengeance as a legal and political tool, Christian justification and expression of vengeance, literature and the distinction between discourse and reality, and the emotions of vengeance. Methodologically, these interdisciplinary studies incorporate tools borrowed from anthropology, the study of emotion, and modern social and literary theories. This volume is aimed at professional scholars and graduate students within the broad field of medieval studies, including the subfields of history, literature, and religious studies, and is intended to inspire further research on medieval vengeance. However, this collection will also prove interesting to non-medievalists interested in the history of emotion, the justification of human conflict, and the concept of feud and its applicability to specific historical periods.
