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This is the first translation of the Hystoria de via or ‘Monte
Cassino Chronicle,’ one of the few surviving crusader sources
from Southern Italy, where it was probably compiled (partly from
known sources) between the 1130s and 1140s. The chronicle’s
original sections offer new and fresh insight on the knowledge and
reception of the First Crusade in Southern Italy, and the
devotional and pilgrimage practices which surrounded it. The
introduction contextualises the chronicle in the environment which
produced it, discussing the historiographical tradition at
Montecassino, the likely sources for the Hystoria, and its
significance as an original source. The introduction also comments
extensively on the theological framework of the Hystoria, which
offers an intensely religious view of the crusade as pilgrimage,
and insists particularly on the primacy of violence in its vision
of Christian devotional practice, and the crusade as continuous
movement through suffering for the pilgrims. The translation, which
is both faithful to the text and highly readable, is accompanied by
detailed references and a full commentary. The volume makes an
important addition to the canon of crusader sources and provides a
little-known example for specialists of the literature of
pilgrimage in the Middle Ages.
A translation of The Book of the Civilised Man by Daniel of Beccles
brings to light the social and cultural life of medieval people in
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries through a previously
little-known text. Known in Latin as Urbanus magnus, it is a
complex and illuminating text which covers an array of topics
related to social mores in the Middle Ages, including: how to be a
good and moral citizen, how to dine courteously, how to maintain
standards of hygiene, how to regulate your diet, and how to run
your household. Often described as one of the earliest 'courtesy
texts', this translation will reveal a text which cannot be easily
categorised in any genre but is relevant widely for anyone with an
interest in medieval life. An expansive text of enormous breadth,
this translation will provide scholars new insight in areas such as
social hierarchy, citizenship, morality, friendship, family ties,
household administration, food consumption, standards of etiquette,
and much more.
A translation of The Book of the Civilised Man by Daniel of Beccles
brings to light the social and cultural life of medieval people in
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries through a previously
little-known text. Known in Latin as Urbanus magnus, it is a
complex and illuminating text which covers an array of topics
related to social mores in the Middle Ages, including: how to be a
good and moral citizen, how to dine courteously, how to maintain
standards of hygiene, how to regulate your diet, and how to run
your household. Often described as one of the earliest 'courtesy
texts', this translation will reveal a text which cannot be easily
categorised in any genre but is relevant widely for anyone with an
interest in medieval life. An expansive text of enormous breadth,
this translation will provide scholars new insight in areas such as
social hierarchy, citizenship, morality, friendship, family ties,
household administration, food consumption, standards of etiquette,
and much more.
New insights into key texts and interpretive problems in the
history of England and Europe between the eighth and thirteenth
centuries. This volume of the Haskins Society Journal demonstrates
the Society's continued interest in a broad range of geographical
contexts and methodological approaches to medieval history.
Chapters include a much-needed reassessment of AElfthryth and her
place in the society and governance of tenth-century England, as
well as a comprehensive survey of the conceptualization of
excommunication in post-Carolingian Europe to c.1200. Further
essays explore aspects of the Norman world of southern Italy,
including the dynamics of political coalitions and kinship
networks, ethnic identity, and material culture. The Journal
continues to highlight close analyses of key primary sources,with a
study of Angevin kingship in the writings of Hugh of Lincoln and
Adam of Eynsham, and an examination of Ralph of Niger's Old
Testament exegesis and criticism of crusading in the late twelfth
century. A ground-breaking newstudy assesses the utility of
colonialism as a valid model for understanding the extraction of
sacred resources and relics from the crusader lands. The volume
closes with a crucial reconsideration of the agency and power of
medieval French peasants as attested in medieval cartularies,
opening new approaches for further research into this critical and
complex social group.
The bitch. That's what the crew call me. The bitch. They say it
behind my back. But I can hear them. My name's Helen, I was born in
Sparta, but I went away for love. They used to say I was the most
beautiful woman in the world. The minstrels are already making up
stories about how little I've won and how much I've lost. Lying
tales. They weren't there, after all. But I was. From her childhood
in Sparta, through the turbulent years of her marriage, and of
course her disappearance with Paris and its consequences, Helen of
Troy tells her own story. In a lyrical and musical style, Helen
sheds her legendary persona and walks from the page as a real woman
of flesh and blood; the archetype of all the women who, throughout
history, have followed their hearts, forsaking wealth and power.
Analyses of different aspects of the history of warfare in the
Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The kingdom of
Sicily plays a huge part in the history of the Norman people; their
conquest brought in a new era of invasion, interaction and
integration in the Mediterranean, However, much previous
scholarship has tended to concentrate on their activities in
England and the Holy Land. This volume aims to redress the balance
by focusing on the Hautevilles, their successors and their
followers. It considers the operational, tactical, technical and
logistical aspects of the conduct of war in the South throughout
the eleventh and twelfth centuries, looking also at its impact on
Italian and Sicilian multi-cultural society. Topics include the
narratives of the Norman expansion, exchanges and diffusion between
the "military cultures" of the Normans and the peoples they
encountered in the South, and their varied policies of conquest,
consolidation and expansion in the different operational theatres
of land and sea.
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