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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008435803321

Titolo

The Haskins Society journal Studies in Medieval History / / edited by Stephen Morillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Woodbridge, : Boydell Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-18547-0

9786612185472

1-84615-551-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 167 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Haskins Society Journal ; ; v.18

Altri autori (Persone)

MorilloStephen

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Middle Ages

Europe History 476-1492

Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance; 2. The Chronicle of Fulk le Réchin: a Reassessment; 3. The Canterbury Forgeries Revisited; 4. Germanism, Slapping and the Cultural Contexts of Æthelberht's Code: A Reconsideration of Chapters 56-58; 5. Food, Drink and Lodging: Hospitality in Twelfth-Century England; 6. Performing the Other in the History of the Kings of Britain; 7. Piety and Political Accommodation in Norman England: The Case of the South-west; 8. The Sterling Abroad

9. The Normans in Palermo: King Roger II's Legislation

Sommario/riassunto

Fruits of the most recent research on the worlds of the eleventh and twelfth centuries are presented in this collection. It features several articles on textual criticism with important revisions to controversial texts and their readings, as well as pieces on cultural history, an investigation into monetary history, and analyses of the legal and political mechanisms of conquest.