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New Medieval Literatures 16 (Hardcover)
Laura Ashe, David Lawton, Wendy Scase; Contributions by Alexis Kellner Becker, Emily Dolmans, …
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An invigorating annual for those who are interested in medieval
textual cultures and open to ways in which diverse post-modern
methodologies may be applied to them. Alcuin Blamires, Review of
English Studies New Medieval Literatures - now published by Boydell
and Brewer - is an annual of work on medieval textual cultures,
aiming to engage with intellectual and cultural pluralism in the
Middle Ages and now. Its scope is inclusive of work across the
theoretical, archival, philological, and historicist methodologies
associated with medieval literary studies, and embraces both the
British Isles and Europe. Topics in this volume include the
political ecology of Havelok the Dane: Thomas Hoccleve and the
making of "Chaucer"; and Britain and the Welsh Marches in Fouke le
Fitz Waryn. Contributors: Alexis Kellner Becker, Emily Dolmans,
Marcel Elias, PhilipKnox, Sebastian Langdell, Jonathan Morton,
Marco Nievergelt, George Younge.
A fresh look at William of Malmesbury which not only demonstrates
his real greatness as a historian and his European vision, but also
the breadth of his learning across a number of other disciplines.
In the past William of Malmesbury (1090-1143) has been seen as
first and foremost a historian of England, and little else. This
volume reveals not only William's real greatness as a historian and
his European vision, but also thebreadth and depth of his learning
across a number of other fields. Areas that receive particular
attention are William's historical writings, his historical vision
and interpretation of England's past; William and kingship;
William's language; William's medical knowledge; the influence of
Bede and other ancient writers on William's historiography; William
and chronology; William, Anselm of Canterbury and reform of the
English Church; William and the LatinClassics; William and the
Jews; and William as hagiographer. Overall, the volume offers a
broad coverage of William's learning, wide-ranging interests and
significance as revealed in his writings. Rodney M. Thomson is
Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of
Tasmania; Emily Dolmans is a lecturer in English Literature at
Jesus College and Oriel College, University of Oxford; Emily A.
Winkler is the John Cowdrey Junior Research Fellow in Medieval
History at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, and Departmental
Lecturer in Medieval History. Contributors: Anne E. Bailey, Emily
Dolmans, Daniel Gerrard, John Gillingham, Kati Ihnat, Ryan Kemp,
William Kynan-Wilson, Anne Lawrence-Mathers, Stanislav Mereminskiy,
Samu Niskanen, Joanna Phillips, Alheydis Plassmann, Sigbjorn
Sonnesyn, Rodney M. Thomson, Emily Joan Ward, Emily A. Winkler,
Michael Winterbottom.
An examination of how regional identities are reflected in texts
from medieval England. The period after the Norman Conquest saw a
dramatic reassessment of what it meant to be English, owing to both
the advent of Anglo-Norman rule and increased interaction with
other cultures through trade, travel, migration, and war. While
cultural contact is often thought to consolidate national identity,
this book proposes that these encounters prompted the formation of
intercultural regional identities. Because of these different
cultural influences, the meaning of English identity varied from
region to region, and became rooted in the land, its history, and
its stories. Using romances and histories from England's
multilingual literary milieu, including the Gesta Herewardi, Fouke
le Fitz Waryn, and Richard Coer de Lyon, this study examines some
of England's contact zones and how they influence understandings of
English identities during the twelfth to fourteenth centuries.
Moving from local identity in Ely, to the transcultural regions of
Lincolnshire and the Welsh Marches, and finally investigating
England as a border region from a global perspective, this book
examines the diversity of Englishness, the effects of cultural
contact on identity, and how English writers imagined their place
in the world.
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Discovering William of Malmesbury (Paperback)
Rodney M. Thomson, Emily Dolmans, Emily A. Winkler; Contributions by Alheydis Plassmann, Anne E. Bailey, …
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Discovery Miles 6 870
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A fresh look at William of Malmesbury which not only demonstrates
his real greatness as a historian and his European vision, but also
the breadth of his learning across a number of other disciplines.
In the past William of Malmesbury (1090-1143) has been seen as
first and foremost a historian of England, and little else. This
volume reveals not only William's real greatness as a historian and
his European vision, but also the breadth and depth of his learning
across a number of other fields. Areas that receive particular
attention are William's historical writings, his historical vision
and interpretation of England's past; William and kingship;
William's language; William's medical knowledge; the influence of
Bede and other ancient writers on William's historiography; William
and chronology; William, Anselm of Canterbury and reform of the
English Church; William and the Latin Classics; William and the
Jews; and William as hagiographer. Overall, the volume offers a
broad coverage of William's learning, wide-ranging interests and
significance as revealed in his writings.
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