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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585963203321

Autore

Tahkokallio Jaakko

Titolo

The Anglo-Norman historical canon : publishing and manuscript culture / / Jaakko Tahkokallio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge University Press, 2019

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2019

ISBN

1-316-99979-3

1-108-64511-9

1-108-62488-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Disciplina

070.5/0941

Soggetti

Book industries and trade - Great Britain - History

Historiography - Great Britain - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jun 2019).

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- The Anglo-Norman Historical Canon -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Conceptualising Publishing in Manuscript Culture -- 1.2 The Publishing Framework: Audiences of History and the Modalities of Book Production in Post-Conquest England and the Anglo-Norman Realm -- 1.3 A Note on the Sources -- 2 William of Malmesbury -- 3 Henry of Huntingdon -- 4 Geoffrey of Monmouth -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Manuscripts Cited -- Printed Primary Sources -- Secondary Works -- Funding Information.

Sommario/riassunto

This Element is a contribution to the ongoing debate on what it meant to publish a book in manuscript. It offers case-studies of three twelfth-century Anglo-Norman historians: William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. It argues that the contemporary success and rapid attainment of canonical authority for their histories was in significant measure the result of successfully conducted publishing activities. These activities are analysed using the concept of a 'publishing circle'. This concept, it is suggested, may have wider utility in the study of authorial publishing in a manuscript culture. This Element is also available as Open Access.