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Who wrote about the past in the Middle Ages, who read about it, and
how were these works disseminated and used? History was a subject
popular with authors and readers in the Anglo-Norman world. The
volume and richness of historical writing in the lands controlled
by the kings of England, particularly from the 12th century, has
long attracted the attention of historians and literary scholars.
This collection of essays returns to the processes involved in
writing history, and in particular to the medieval manuscript
sources in which the works of such historians survive. It explores
the motivations of those writing about the past in the Middle Ages
(such as Orderic Vitalis, John of Worcester, Symeon of Durham,
William of Malmesbury, Gerald of Wales, Roger of Howden, and
Matthew Paris), and the evidence provided by manuscripts for the
circumstances in which copies were made.
The contexts for the works of eleventh and twelfth-century
historians are here brought to the fore. History was a subject
popular with authors and readers in the Anglo-Norman world. The
volume and richness of historical writing in the lands controlled
by the kings of England, particularly from the twelfth century, has
long attracted the attention of historians and literary scholars,
whilst editions of works by such writers as Orderic Vitalis, John
of Worcester, Symeon of Durham, William of Malmesbury, Gerald of
Wales, Roger of Howden, and Matthew Paris has made them well known.
Yet the easy availability of modern editions obscures both the
creation and circulation of histories in the Middle Ages. This
collection of essays returns to the processes involved in writing
history, and in particular to the medieval manuscript sources in
which the works of such historians survive. It explores the
motivations of those writing about the past in the Middle Ages, and
the evidence provided by manuscripts for the circumstances in which
copies were made. It also addresses the selection of material for
copying, combinations of text and imagery, and the demand for
copies of particular works, shedding new light on how and why
history was being read, reproduced, discussed, adapted, and
written. LAURA CLEAVER is Senior Lecturer in Manuscript Studies,
Institute of English Studies, University of London; ANDREA WORM is
Professor of Art History. Kunsthistorischen Institut, Eberhard
Karls University, Tubingen. Contributors: Stephen Church, Kathryn
Gerry, Anne Lawrence-Mathers, Laura Pani, Charles C. Rozier, Gleb
Schmidt, Laura Slater, Michael Staunton, Caoimhe Whelan, Andrea
Worm
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