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Author:   Martin Brett ,  David A. Woodman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.810kg
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9780367879365

ISBN 10:   0367879360
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Martin Brett. Part I The Anglo-Saxon Saints: The Viking hiatus in the cult of saints as seen in the 12th century, R. Bartlett; Folcard of Saint-Bertin and the Anglo-Saxon saints at Thorney, Rosalind Love; Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica as a source of lections in pre- and post-Conquest England, Teresa Webber. Part II Anglo-Saxon England in the Narrative of Britain: Danish ferocity and abandoned monasteries: the 12th-century view, Julia Barrow; Symeon of Durham’s Historia de Regibus Anglorum et Dacorum as a product of 12th-century historical workshops, David Rollason; William of Malmesbury’s diatribe against the Normans, R.M.Thomson; Normandy’s view of the Anglo-Saxon past in the 12th century, Elisabeth van Houts; Richard of Devizes and a ‘rising tide of nonsense’: how Cerdic met King Arthur, John Gillingham. Part III Anglo-Saxon Law and Charter: Historical literacy in the archive: post-Conquest imitative copies of pre-Conquest charters and some French comparanda, J. Crick; The use and abuse of Anglo-Saxon charters by the kings of England, 1100-1300, Nicholas Vincent; Pre-Conquest laws and legislators in the 12th century, Bruce O’Brien. Part IV Art History and the French Vernacular: ‘History’ in Anglo-Norman romance: the presentation of the pre-Conquest past, Judith Weiss; The scribe looks back: Anglo-Saxon England and the Eadwine Psalter, C. Karkov; The Anglo-Saxon tradition in post-Conquest architecture and sculpture, Malcolm Thurlby. Bibliography; Indexes.

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Dr Martin Brett, Fellow Emeritus of Robinson College, Cambridge University and author of The English Church under Henry I (OUP, 1975). David A. Woodman, Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge University and Director of Studies in History and Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic. He is author of Charters of Northern Houses (OUP, 2012).

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