ABSTRACT
Writing Normandy brings together eighteen articles by historian Felice Lifshitz, some of which are published here for the first time.
The articles examine the various ways in which local and regional narratives about the past were created and revised in Normandy during the central Middle Ages. These narratives are analyzed through a combination of both cultural studies and manuscript studies in order to assess how they functioned, who they benefitted, and the various contexts in which they were transmitted. The essays pay particular attention to the narratives built around venerated saints and secular rulers, and in doing so bring together narratives that have traditionally been discussed separately by scholars.
The book will appeal to scholars and students of cultural history and medieval history, as well as those interested in manuscript studies. (CS1095)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
“Hagiography” and historical representation
chapter 2|21 pages
Still Useless after All these Years
part II|65 pages
Historiographic discourse and saintly relics
chapter 3|8 pages
The “Privilege of St. Romanus”
chapter 8|10 pages
The Cults of the Holy Bishops of Rouen from 396 to 996
part III|47 pages
Historiographic discourse and saintly relics
chapter 9|10 pages
The “Exodus of Holy Bodies” Reconsidered
chapter 10|18 pages
The Migration of Neustrian Relics in the Viking Age
chapter 11|17 pages
Apostolicity Theses in Gaul
part IV|64 pages
Dudo of St. Quentin and the Gesta Normannorum
part V|35 pages
Women and gender