Anglo-Norman Studies XXXI Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2008 [Hardcover]

The contemporary historians of Anglo-Norman England form a particular focus of this issue. There are contributions on Henry of Huntingdon's representation of civil war; on the political intent of the poems in the anonymous Life of Edward the Confessor; on William of Malmesbury's depiction of Henry I; and on the influence upon historians of the late antique history attributed to Hegesippus. A paper on Gerald of Wales and Merlin brings valuable literary insights to bear. Other pieces tackle religious history (northern monasteries during the Anarchy, the abbey of Tiron) and politics (family history across the Conquest, the Norman brothers Urse de Abetot and Robert Dispenser, the friendship network of King Stephen's family). The volume begins with Judith Green's Allen Brown Memorial Lecture, which provides a wide-ranging account of kingship, lordsihp and community in eleventh-century England. CONTRIBUTORS: Judith Green, Janet Burton, Catherine A.M. Clarke, Sebastien Danielo, Emma Mason, Ad Putter, Kathleen Thompson, Jean A. Truax, Elizabeth M. Tyler, Bj?rn Weiler, Neil WrightA series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORYPreface - C P LewisKingship, Lordship, and Community in Eleventh-Century England [R. Allen Brown Memorial Lecture] - Judith GreenCitadels of God: Monasteries, Violence, and the Struggle for Power in Northern England, 1135-1154 - Janet BurtonWriting Civil War in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum - Catherine A M ClarkeLand, Family, and Depredation: The Case of St Benet of Holme's Manor of Little Melton - S?bastien DanieloBrothers at Court: Urse de Abetot and Robert Dispenser - Emma MasonGerald of Wales and the Prophet Merlin - Ad PutterThe First Hundred Years of the Abbey of Tiron: Institutionalizing the Reform of the Forest Hermits - Kathleen ThompsonAll Roads Lead to Chartres: The House of Blois, the Papacy, and the Anglo-Norman Succession of 1135 - Jean A TruaxThe Vita ?dwardi: The Politics of Poetry at Wilton Abbey - Elizabeth M. Tylel“K