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Author : William (of Malmesbury)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Vita Wulfstani of William of Malmesbury written by William (of Malmesbury) and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rodney M. Thomson
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843830306
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)
Download or read book William of Malmesbury written by Rodney M. Thomson and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for his historical writings ('Deeds of the Bishops' and 'Deeds of the Kings of England'), William of Malmesbury was also a biblical commentator, hagiographer and classicist. He was probably the best read of all 12th century men of learning; this work studies his intellectual achievement.
Author : Christopher Harper-Bill
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0851156665
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1995 written by Christopher Harper-Bill and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1996 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirsten A. Fenton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843834006
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Gender, Nation and Conquest in the Works of William of Malmesbury written by Kirsten A. Fenton and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William of Malmesbury is one of the most important English historians of the twelfth century -- not only a critical period in English history, but also one that has been recognised as significant in terms of the writing of history and the construction of a national past. This innovative study provides a gendered reading of Malmesbury's works with special reference to the themes of conquest and nation. It considers Malmesbury's presentation of men and women (both lay and religious) through categories based on attributes, such as sexual behaviour and violence, rather than the more familiar `professional' or familial roles, such as warrior and wife. It is also concerned with language and how the topics of conquest and nation are discussed in gendered terms. Importantly, attention is paid to Malmesbury's own position as a post-conquest chronicler, writing at a time of church reform, and to the impact the changes had upon the construction of the stories he narrates. KIRSTEN A. FENTON holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.
Author : Robert B. Patterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198797818
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book The Earl, the Kings, and the Chronicler written by Robert B. Patterson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earl, The Kings, And The Chronicler is the first full length biography of Robert (1088-1147), grandson of William the Conqueror and bastard eldest son of King Henry I of England. Robert could not succeed his father, but played a key role in the Anarchy against King Stephen, and had a lasting impact on British cultural and political history.
Author : John Crook
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843836823
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book English Medieval Shrines written by John Crook and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating manifestations of medieval piety. It was intensely physical; saints were believed to be present in the bodily remains that they had left on earth. Medieval shrines were created in order to protect these relics and yet to show off their spiritual worth, at the same time allowing pilgrims limited access to them. English Medieval Shrines traces the development of such structures, from the earliest cult activities at saintly tombs in the late Roman empire, through Merovingian Gaul and the Carolingian Empire, via Anglo-Saxon England, to the great shrines of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The greater part of the book is a definitive exploration, on a basis that is at once thematic and chronological, of the major saints cults of medieval England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation. These include the famous cults of St Cuthbert, St Swithun, and St Thomas Becket - and lesser known figures such as St Eanswyth of Folkestone or St Ecgwine of Evesham. John Crook, an independent architectural historian, archaeological consultant, and photographer, is the foremost authority on English shrines. He has published numerous books and papers on the cult of saints.
Author : Antonia Gransden
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415151244
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Historical Writing in England: c. 500 to c. 1307 written by Antonia Gransden and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Kelly DeVries
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781843830276
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066 written by Kelly DeVries and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three weeks before the battle of Hastings, Harold defeated an invading army of Norwegians at the battle of Stamford Bridge, a victory which was to cost him dear. The events surrounding the battle are discussed in detail. This very accessible narrative...tells the story of 'the first two important battles of 1066', Fulford Gate and Stamford Bridge, and of the leaders of the opposing English and Norwegian factions. CHOICE He places the invasion in a broad context. He outlines the Anglo-Scandinavian nature of the English kingdom in the eleventh century, traces the careers of the major leaders, and devotes a chapter each to the English and Norwegian military systems. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY William the Conqueror's invasion in 1066 was not the only attack on England that year. On September 25, 1066, less than three weeks before William defeated King Harold II Godwinson at the battle of Hastings, that same Harold had been victorious over his other opponent of 1066, King Haraldr Hardrádi of Norway at the battle of Stamford Bridge. It was an impressive victory, driving an invading army of Norwegians from theearldom of Northumbria; but it was to cost Harold dear. In telling the story of this neglected battle, Kelly DeVries traces the rise and fall of a family of English warlords, the Godwins, as well as that of the equally impressiveNorwegian warlord Hardrádi. KELLY DEVRIES is Associate Professor, Department of History, Loyola College in Maryland.
Author : Paul Oldfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107000289
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Sanctity and Pilgrimage in Medieval Southern Italy, 1000-1200 written by Paul Oldfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates the analysis of sanctity with that of pilgrimage, offering important new insights into society, cross-cultural interaction and faith.
Author : Antonia Gransden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136190287
Total Pages : 1951 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Historical Writing in England written by Antonia Gransden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 1951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a variety of sources including chronicles, annals, secular and sacred biographies and monographs on local histories Historical Writing in England by Antonia Gransden offers a comprehensive critical survey of historical writing in England from the mid-sixth century to the early sixteenth century. Based on the study of the sources themselves, these volumes also offer a critical assessment of secondary sources and historiographical development.
Author : Emma Mason
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780851153964
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (539 download)
Download or read book Westminster Abbey and Its People, C.1050-c.1216 written by Emma Mason and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1996 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the monastic community at Westminster from the time when Edward the Confessor 1042-1066] adopted it as his burial church down to the end of the reign of king John. Originating according to legend during the Roman occupation, the West Minster was converted from a little collegiate church into a Benedictine monastery around 970. However, the growth of its significance largely dates from its massive endowment by king Edward, who commissioned a lavish rebuilding of the abbey church, a focal point in his programme of monarchical propaganda. Dr Mason covers every aspect of the abbey community in detail examining the careers of the abbots and priors, whilst ensuring that lesser figures are not neglected: monks; craftsmen; lay servants; the personnel of the royal court who were closely associated with the abbey. The author also considers the community's dealings with the growing ecclesiastical bureaucracy; the management of its properties, including its parochial churches; and its relationship with other religious houses. Dr EMMA MASON teaches in the Department of History, Birkbeck College.
Author : Matthew Kempshall
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847798977
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Rhetoric and the Writing of History, 400–1500 written by Matthew Kempshall and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe over a thousand-year period between c.400 and c.1500. Concentrating on the general principles of classical rhetoric central to the language of this writing, alongside the more familiar traditions of ancient history, biblical exegesis and patristic theology, this survey introduces the conceptual sophistication and semantic rigour with which medieval authors could approach their narratives of past and present events, and the diversity of ends to which this history could then be put. By providing a close reading of some of the historians who put these linguistic principles and strategies into practice (from Augustine and Orosius through Otto of Freising and William of Malmesbury to Machiavelli and Guicciardini), it traces and questions some of the key methodological changes that characterise the function and purpose of the western historiographical tradition in this formative period of its development.
Author : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445678764
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Silk and the Sword written by Sharon Bennett Connolly and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the women, on all sides, who had major parts to play in the momentous year of 1066.
Author : Frank Barlow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198202035
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Life of King Edward who Rests at Westminster written by Frank Barlow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anonymous Life of King Edward written about the time of the Norman Conquest, is an important and intriguing source for the history of Anglo-Saxon England in the years just before 1066. It provides a fascinating account of Edward the Confessor and his family, including his wife Edith, his father-in-law Earl Godwin, and the queen's brothers Tostig and Harold (who became king in 1066). The foundations of the legend of St. Edward the Confessor are apparent from the version of the work supplied by the unique manuscript of circa 1100. Barlow explores the problems raised by this anonymous and now incomplete manuscript and examines the development of the cult of St. Edward. He also investigates the life and works of Goscelin of St. Bertin, a possible author. For this second edition, Barlow has not only undertaken a complete revision of the book, but recent discoveries have enabled him to reconstruct in part the lacunae in BL Harley MS 526 with texts closer to the original.
Author : Christopher Harper-Bill
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851155739
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (557 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Battle Conference in Dublin, 1997 written by Christopher Harper-Bill and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1998 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen J. Spencer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198833369
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Emotions in a Crusading Context, 1095-1291 written by Stephen J. Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emotions in a Crusading Context is the first book-length study of the emotional rhetoric of crusading. It investigates the ways in which a number of emotions and affective displays-primarily fear, anger, and weeping-were understood, represented, and utilised in twelfth- and thirteenth-century western narratives of the crusades, making use of a broad range of comparative material to gauge the distinctiveness of those texts: crusader letters, papal encyclicals, model sermons, chansons de geste, lyrics, and an array of theological and philosophical treatises. In addition to charting continuities and changes over time in the emotional landscape of crusading, this study identifies the underlying influences which shaped how medieval authors represented and used emotions; analyzes the passions crusade participants were expected to embrace and reject; and assesses whether the idea of crusading created a profoundly new set of attitudes towards emotions. Emotions in a Crusading Context calls on scholars of the crusades to reject the traditional methodological approach of taking the emotional descriptions embedded within historical narratives as straightforward reflections of protagonists' lived feelings, and in so doing challenges the long historiographical tradition of reconstructing participants' beliefs and experiences from these texts. Within the history of emotions, Stephen J. Spencer demonstrates that, despite the ongoing drive to develop new methodologies for studying the emotional standards of the past, typified by experiments in 'neurohistory', the social constructionist (or cultural-historical) approach still has much to offer the historian of medieval emotions.
Author : Valerie B. Johnson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501514237
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Negotiating Boundaries in Medieval Literature and Culture written by Valerie B. Johnson and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Hahn’s work laid the foundations for medieval romance studies to embrace the study of alterity and hybridity within Middle English literature. His contributions to scholarship brought Robin Hood studies into the critical mainstream, normalized the study of historically marginalized literature and peoples, and encouraged scholars to view medieval readers as actively encountering others and exploring themselves. This volume employs his methodologies – careful attention to texts and their contexts, cross-cultural readings, and theoretically-informed analysis – to highlight the literary culture of late medieval England afresh. Addressing long-established canonical works such as Chaucer, Christine de Pizan, and Malory alongside understudied traditions and manuscripts, this book will be of interest to literary scholars of the later Middle Ages who, like Hahn, work across boundaries of genre, tradition, and chronology.
