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The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past
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ABSTRACT
Scholars have long been interested in the extent to which the Anglo-Saxon past can be understood using material written, and produced, in the twelfth century; and simultaneously in the continued importance (or otherwise) of the Anglo-Saxon past in the generations following the Norman Conquest of England. In order to better understand these issues, this volume provides a series of essays that moves scholarship forward in two significant ways. Firstly, it scrutinises how the Anglo-Saxon past continued to be reused and recycled throughout the longue durée of the twelfth century, as opposed to the early decades that are usually covered. Secondly, by bringing together scholars who are experts in various different scholarly disciplines, the volume deals with a much broader range of historical, linguistic, legal, artistic, palaeographical and cultic evidence than has hitherto been the case. Divided into four main parts: The Anglo-Saxon Saints; Anglo-Saxon England in the Narrative of Britain; Anglo-Saxon Law and Charter; and Art-history and the French Vernacular, it scrutinises the majority of different genres of source material that are vital in any study of early medieval British history. In so doing the resultant volume will become a standard reference point for students and scholars alike interested in the ways in which the Anglo-Saxon past continued to be of importance and interest throughout the twelfth century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I: The Anglo-Saxon Saints
chapter 2|14 pages
e Viking Hiatus in the Cult of Saints as Seen in the Twelh Century
chapter 4|28 pages
Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica as a Source of Lections in Pre- and
part |2 pages
Part II: Anglo-Saxon England in the Narrative of Britain
chapter 5|18 pages
Danish Ferocity and Abandoned Monasteries: e Twelh- century View
chapter 6|18 pages
Symeon of Durham’s Historia de Regibus Anglorum et Dacorum as a Product of Twelfth-century Historical Workshops
chapter 7|10 pages
William of Malmesbury’s Diatribe against the Normans
chapter 8|18 pages
Normandy’s View of the Anglo-Saxon Past in the Twelh Century
chapter 9|16 pages
Richard of Devizes and ‘a rising tide of nonsense’: How Cerdic Met King Arthur
part |2 pages
Part III: Anglo-Saxon Law and Charter
chapter 10|32 pages
Historical Literacy in the Archive: Post-Conquest Imitative Copies of Pre-Conquest Charters and Some French Comparanda*
chapter 11|38 pages
The Use and Abuse of Anglo-Saxon Charters by the Kings of England, 1100–1300
chapter 12|44 pages
Pre-Conquest Laws and Legislators in the Twelfth Century
part |2 pages
Part IV: Art History and the French Vernacular