Reimagining History in Anglo-Norman Prose Chronicles
Title | Reimagining History in Anglo-Norman Prose Chronicles PDF eBook |
Author | John Spence |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 190315345X |
The medieval Anglo-Norman prose chronicles are fascinating hybrids of history, legends and romance. Their prime subject is the history of England, but they also shed much light on other networks of influence, such as those between families and religious houses. This book studies the essential characteristics of the genre for the first time, situating Anglo-Norman prose chronicles within the multilingual cultures of late medieval England. It considers the chronicles' treatment of the ""legendary history of Britain"", legends about English heroes, accounts of the Norman Conquest, and histories o.
The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles
Title | The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles PDF eBook |
Author | Jaclyn Rajsic |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1903153662 |
Essays on the medieval chronicle tradition, shedding light on history writing, manuscript studies and the history of the book, and the post-medieval reception of such texts.
A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth
Title | A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 593 |
Release | 2020-08-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004410392 |
A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to provide an updated scholarly introduction to all aspects of his work. Arguably the most influential secular writer of medieval Britain, Geoffrey (d. 1154) popularized Arthurian literature and left an indelible mark on European romance, history, and genealogy. Despite this outsized influence, Geoffrey’s own life, background, and motivations are little understood. The volume situates his life and works within their immediate historical context, and frames them within current critical discussion across the humanities. By necessity, this volume concentrates primarily on Geoffrey’s own life and times, with the reception of his works covered by a series of short encyclopaedic overviews, organized by language, that serve as guides to further reading. Contributors are Jean Blacker, Elizabeth Bryan, Thomas H. Crofts, Siân Echard, Fabrizio De Falco, Michael Faletra, Ben Guy, Santiago Gutiérrez García, Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, Paloma Gracia, Georgia Henley, David F. Johnson, Owain Wyn Jones, Maud Burnett McInerney, Françoise Le Saux, Barry Lewis, Coral Lumbley, Simon Meecham-Jones, Paul Russell, Victoria Shirley, Joshua Byron Smith, Jaakko Tahkokallio, Hélène Tétrel, Rebecca Thomas, Fiona Tolhurst.
Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, C. 1150-1350
Title | Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, C. 1150-1350 PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Slater |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 178327333X |
An exploration of how power and political society were imagined, represented and reflected on in medieval English art
Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain
Title | Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Blacker |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 579 |
Release | 2024-03-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 900469188X |
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s immensely popular Latin prose Historia regum Britanniae (c. 1138), followed by French verse translations – Wace’s Roman de Brut (1155) and anonymous versions including the Royal Brut, the Munich, Harley, and Egerton Bruts (12th -14th c.), initiated Arthurian narratives of many genres throughout the ages, alongside Welsh, English, and other traditions. Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain addresses how Arthurian histories incorporating the British foundation myth responded to images of individual or collective identity and how those narratives contributed to those identities. What cultural, political or psychic needs did these Arthurian narratives meet and what might have been the origins of those needs? And how did each text contribute to a “larger picture” of Arthur, to the construction of a myth that still remains so compelling today?
Reimagining the Past in the Borderlands of Medieval England and Wales
Title | Reimagining the Past in the Borderlands of Medieval England and Wales PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia Henley |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 321 |
Release | 2024-05-23 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0192670271 |
Challenging the standard view that England emerged as a dominant power and Wales faded into obscurity after Edward I's conquest in 1282, this book considers how Welsh (and British) history became an enduringly potent instrument of political power in the late Middle Ages. Brought into the broader stream of political consciousness by major baronial families from the March (the borderlands between England and Wales), this inventive history generated a new brand of literature interested in succession, land rights, and the origins of imperial power, as imagined by Geoffrey of Monmouth. These marcher families leveraged their ancestral, political, and ideological ties to Wales in order to strengthen their political power, both regionally and nationally, through the patronage of historical and genealogical texts that reimagined the Welsh past on their terms. In doing so, they brought ideas of Welsh history to a wider audience than previously recognized and came to have a profound effect on late medieval thought about empire, monarchy, and succession.
The Medieval Chronicle 14
Title | The Medieval Chronicle 14 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 281 |
Release | 2021-12-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004498788 |
Medieval chronicles are significant sources not just for the study of history, but also for the fields of literature, linguistics and art history. These papers, with broad chronological and geographical range, represent current approaches in the study of medieval historiography.