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Edition, with full explanatory material, of the documents
concerning the building of All Souls, Oxford: a vital source for
our knowledge of the period. The accounts covering the construction
of All Souls, Oxford, in the five years from its foundation in 1438
are among the most important documentary sources for English
medieval building history, and provide an almost unique recordof
the physical creation of an Oxford college. They are here published
in full for the first time, with commentary and analysis by the
late Simon Walker. Supplementary material includes plans and
documentation of the site, a description of the buildings, and an
inventory of the college rooms in the sixteenth century. Simon
Walker was Professor of History, University of Sheffield; Julian
Munby is head of Buildings Archaeology at Oxford Archaeology.
The image of King Arthur's Round Table is well-known, both as
Thomas Malory's portrayal of a fellowship of knights dedicated to
the highest ideals of chivalry, and as the great wooden table at
Winchester castle. Now a dramatic archaeological find at Windsor
castle sheds new light on the idea of a round table as a gathering:
the 'House of the Round Table' which Edward III ordered to be
constructed at the conclusion of his Windsor festival of 1344. The
discovery of the foundation trench of a great building two hundred
feet in diameter in the Upper Ward of Windsor castle, allows the
reconstruction of that building's appearance and raises the
question of its purpose. Chronicles, building materials inventories
from the royal accounts, medieval romances, and earlier
descriptions of round table festivals all confirm the
archaeological evidence: at a time when secular orders of
knighthood were almost unknown, Edward declared his intention to
found an Order of the Round Table with three hundred knights. This
grand building, and the Arthurian entertainments he planned for it,
would bind his nobles to his cause at a crucial point in his
progress to claiming the throne of France. His ambitious scheme,
however, was overtaken by events. Victory at CrA(c)cy in 1346
confirmed Edward's reputation, and the order which he founded in
1348 was the much more exclusive Order of the Garter, rewarding
those commanders who had helped him to win the CrA(c)cy campaign.
His reputation was assured, the omens for his reign were
auspicious; he had the loyalty of his knights and magnates. The
Round Table building was abandoned, and eventually pulled down in
the 1360s. Thus a major plank in the strategic thinking of oneof
England's greatest kings almost became a footnote in history. Time
Team discovered ... there (are) indeed foundations of a massive
round building in Windsor Castle's upper ward. A splendidly
produced volume, which gives full credit both to the history and to
the archaeology: analysis of the chivalric background,
archaeological analysis, discussion of the probable form of the
building (and) the early history of Windsor Castle as well as the
types of stone used by Edward III's masons. The book is
attractively illustrated, and its appendices provide a full text in
Latin, with translation, of the building accounts, as well as
translations of many of the relevant chronicle extracts. MICHAEL
PRESTWICH, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY The
latest volume of Battle Conference proceedings emphasizes the
European range and interdisciplinarity of the series. It opens with
Anne Duggan's R. Allen Brown Memorial Lecture for 2010, on the
effects of Pope Alexander III's so-called "marriage legislation" in
England. Norman history is covered by chapters on the detailed
account of Robert de Torigni's deeds as abbot of Mont Saint-Michel
which he added to the monastic cartulary, and on religious life in
Rouen in the late eleventh century, covering the rivalries but also
the common outlook of the cathedral canons and the monks of St
Ouen. Close readings of the work of two of the Anglo-Norman
historians of the earlier twelfth century provide many new insights
into their working methods and views of the world, specifically
Willam of Malmesbury's use of ambiguity and innuendo, and Orderic
Vitalis's treatment of the nexus between power and the display of
emotions. There are also two papers on art history, giving
sophisticated readings of the architecture shown in the Bayeux
Tapestry and the politically charged glazing scheme that Archbishop
Anselm installed at Canterbury cathedral. Contributors: Anne
Duggan, Alison Alexander, Richard E. Barton, Thomas N. Bisson, Paul
Hayward, T.A. Heslop, Elizabeth Carson Pastan C.P. LEWIS is a
Research Fellow in the History Department at King's College,
London, and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research
in the University of London.
A dramatic archaeological find at Windsor Castle reveals Edward
III's 'House of the Round Table', designed to show off Edward's
power and prestige at a crucial moment in his attempts to lay claim
to the throne of France. NEW LOWER PRICE The image of King Arthur's
Round Table is well-known, both as Thomas Malory's portrayal of a
fellowship of knights dedicated to the highest ideals of chivalry,
and as the great wooden table at Winchester castle. Now a dramatic
archaeological find at Windsor castle sheds new light on the idea
of a round table as a gathering: the 'House of the Round Table'
which Edward III ordered to be constructed at the conclusion of his
Windsor festival of 1344. The discovery of the foundation trench of
a great building two hundred feet in diameter in the Upper Ward of
Windsor castle, allows the reconstruction of that building's
appearance and raises the question of itspurpose. Chronicles,
building materials inventories from the royal accounts, medieval
romances, and earlier descriptions of round table festivals all
confirm the archaeological evidence: at a time when secular orders
of knighthood were almost unknown, Edward declared his intention to
found an Order of the Round Table with three hundred knights. This
grand building, and the Arthurian entertainments he planned for it,
would bind his nobles to his cause ata crucial point in his
progress to claiming the throne of France. His ambitious scheme,
however, was overtaken by events. Victory at Crecy in 1346
confirmed Edward's reputation, and the order which he founded in
1348 was themuch more exclusive Order of the Garter, rewarding
those commanders who had helped him to win the Crecy campaign. His
reputation was assured, the omens for his reign were auspicious; he
had the loyalty of his knights and magnates.The Round Table
building was abandoned, and eventually pulled down in the 1360s.
Thus a major plank in the strategic thinking of one of England's
greatest kings almost became a footnote in history. Time Team
discovered .there [are] indeed foundations of a massive round
building in Windsor Castle's upper ward. A splendidly produced
volume, which gives full credit both to the history and to the
archaeology: analysis of the chivalric background, archaeological
analysis, discussion of the probable form of the building [and] the
early history of Windsor Castle as well as the types of stone used
by Edward III's masons. The book is attractively illustrated, and
its appendicesprovide a full text in Latin, with translation, of
the building accounts, as well as translations of many of the
relevant chronicle extracts. MICHAEL PRESTWICH, THE TIMES LITERARY
SUPPLEMENT
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