The World of Orderic Vitalis - Norman Monks and Norman Knights (Paperback, New Ed)

`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.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	November 2001
Authors:	Marjorie Chibnall
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	264
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-85115-621-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Promotions
LSN:	0-85115-621-5
Barcode:	9780851156217

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