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The most recent cutting-edge scholarship on the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth centuries. The essays collected here demonstrate the rich
vitality of scholarship in this area. This volume has a particular
focus on the interrelations between the various parts of
north-western Europe. After the opening piece on Lotharingia, there
are detailed studies of the relationship between Ponthieu and its
Norman neighbours, and between the Norman and Angevin duke-kings
and the other French nobility, followed by an investigation of the
world of demons and possession in Norman Italy, with additional
observations on the subject in twelfth-century England. Meanwhile,
the York massacre of the Jews in 1190 is set in a wider context,
showing the extent to which crusader enthusiasm led to the pogroms
that so marred Anglo-Jewish relations, not just in York but
elsewhere in England; and there is an exploration of poverty in
London, also during the 1190s, viewed through the prism of the life
and execution of William fitz Osbert. Another chapter demonstrates
the power of comparative history to illuminate the norms of
proprietary queenship, so often overlooked by historians of both
kingship and queenship. And two essays focusing on landscape bring
the physical into close association with the historical: on the
equine landscape of eleventh and twelfth-century England, adding
substantially to our understanding of the place of the horse in
late Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman societies, and on the Brut
narratives of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and Lazamon, arguing that
they use realistic landscapes in their depiction of the action
embedded in their tales, so demonstrating the authors' grasp of the
practical realities of contemporary warfare and the role played by
landscapes in it.
Based on a fresh reading of primary sources, Lindy Grant's
comprehensive biography of Abbot Suger (1081-1151) provides a
reassessment of a key figure of the twelfth century. Active in
secular and religious affairs alike - Suger was Regent of France
and also abbot of one of the most important abbeys in Europe during
the time of the Gregorian reforms. But he is primarily remembered
as a great artistic patron whose commissions included buildings in
the new Gothic style. Lindy Grant reviews him in all these roles -
and offers a corrective to the current tendency to exaggerate his
role as architect of both French royal power and the new gothic
form.
Based on a fresh reading of primary sources, Lindy Grant's
comprehensive biography of Abbot Suger (1081-1151) provides a
reassessment of a key figure of the twelfth century. Active in
secular and religious affairs alike - Suger was Regent of France
and also abbot of one of the most important abbeys in Europe during
the time of the Gregorian reforms. But he is primarily remembered
as a great artistic patron whose commissions included buildings in
the new Gothic style. Lindy Grant reviews him in all these roles -
and offers a corrective to the current tendency to exaggerate his
role as architect of both French royal power and the new gothic
form.
`No single recent enterprise has done more to enlarge and deepen
our understanding of one of the most critical periods in English
history'. Antiquaries Journal The proceedings of the 1996 Battle
Conference contain the usual wide range of topics, from the late
tenth century to 1200 and from Durham to Southern Italy,
demonstrating once again its importance as the leading forum for
Anglo-Norman studies. Many different aspects of the Anglo-Norman
world are examined, ranging from military technology to the
architecture of Durham Cathedral; there are also in-depth
investigations of individual families and characters, including
William Malet and Abbot Suger.
This is the first modern scholarly biography of Blanche of Castile,
whose identity has until now been subsumed in that of her son, the
saintly Louis IX. A central figure in the politics of medieval
Europe, Blanche was a sophisticated patron of religion and culture.
Through Lindy Grant's engaging account, based on a close analysis
of Blanche's household accounts and of the social and religious
networks on which her power and agency depended, Blanche is
revealed as a vibrant and intellectually questioning personality.
Thirteenth-Century England IIIcontinues the series which began in
1986 with the publication of the first volume of the biannual
Newcastle upon Tyne conferences on thirteenth-century England.
Important studies of aspects of English society and politics open
up new areas of research and re-examine standard interpretations.
Contributors: PAUL BRAND, D.W. BURTON, P.H. CULLUM, R.B. DOBSON,
ELIZABETH GEMMILL, P.J.P. GOLDBERG, ANTONIA GRANSDEN, LINDY GRANT,
MICHAEL PRESTWICH, ROBERT C. STACEY, R.L.STOREY, ROBIN STUDD,
CHRISTOPHER WILSON.
Contents: The Contribution of Archaeology to our Understanding of
re-Norman London, 1973-1988; Medieval and Tudor Domestic Buildings
in the City of London; Shops and Shopping in Medieval London; The
Romanesque Architecture of Old St Paul's Cathedral and its late
eleventh-century Context.; The First Facade of Old St Paul's
Cathedral and its Place in English Thirteenth - Century
Architecture; Restorations of the Temple Church, London; 'Liber
Horn', 'Liber Custumarum' and Other Manuscripts of the Queen Mary
Psalter Workshops; London, Londoners and Opus Anglicanum; Some New
Types of Late Medieval Tombs in the London Area.
Contents: The Contribution of Archaeology to our Understanding of
re-Norman London, 1973-1988; Medieval and Tudor Domestic Buildings
in the City of London; Shops and Shopping in Medieval London; The
Romanesque Architecture of Old St Paul's Cathedral and its late
eleventh-century Context.; The First Facade of Old St Paul's
Cathedral and its Place in English Thirteenth - Century
Architecture; Restorations of the Temple Church, London; 'Liber
Horn', 'Liber Custumarum' and Other Manuscripts of the Queen Mary
Psalter Workshops; London, Londoners and Opus Anglicanum; Some New
Types of Late Medieval Tombs in the London Area.
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