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Anglo-Norman Studies XLVI : Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2023

Aird, Bill(Contributions by)Benham, Jenny(Contributions by)Bisson, Thomas N (Contributor)(Contributions by)Dutton, Kathryn(Contributions by)Keats-Rohan, K S B(Contributions by)Lewis, Chris(Contributions by)Licence, Tom(Contributions by)Livingstone, Amy (Contributor)(Contributions by)Scott Lintott, Lili(Contributions by)Church, Professor Stephen D.(Edited by)
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"A series which is a model of its kind": Edmund King Considers the clerical friends of Ermengarde of Brittany, showing how these men enabled Ermengarde to fulfil both her duty and her desire to live an intensely pious life.

Explores the ways in which grief was represented in the Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal.

Two thirteenth-century Evesham forgeries demonstrate that early thirteenth-century people, even so-called experts at the papal chancery, seem to have been ignorant of the physical form taken by early papal bulls.

Explores the world of the scribes who composed Exon Domesday, demonstrating their working methods as well as giving us further insights into the composition of Great Domesday, completed by 1088.

Looks at the involvement of Bernard, abbot of Le Mont Saint-Michel, 1131-49, in the development of the abbey in peril of the sea.

Examines how the introduction of musical notation into Normandy around the millennium made it possible for people to understand melodies without aid from a master.

Offers insights into the career of Ranulf Flambard, the most "infamous tax collector" of the late eleventh century in England.

Investigates the annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the years 1062 to 1066, showing that they were written largely in retrospect after the events of 1066 had played out.

Looks at the case for the evidence relating to the foundation of Kirkstead Abbey, Lincolnshire.

Finally, presents evidence for spying and espionage in the Anglo-Norman World.

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Product Details
The Boydell Press
1837651043 / 9781837651047
Hardback
20/08/2024
United Kingdom
248 pages, 3 maps, 1 genealogical table, 3 colour and 17 b/w illus.
156 x 234 mm, 1 grams