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12 - History and Memory

from Part IV - Cultural Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2022

By
Benjamin Pohl  and
Elisabeth van Houts
Edited by
Benjamin Pohl
Benjamin Pohl
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
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Summary

Continuing the volume’s fourth thematic strand (Cultural Perspectives), this chapter studies the writing of history and memory in the age of William the Conqueror. After a discussion of Normandy’s first dynastic chronicle composed by Dudo of Saint-Quentin, it directs its focus onto monastic historical narratives produced in Normandy, England, and their neighbouring territories, before turning to a range of contemporary secular narratives. The chapter is rounded off with considerations of Anglo-Norman historical writing in the broader context of north-western Europe and its transmission in manuscripts.

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EnglandNormandyEuropehistorical writingmemorymanuscriptsculture
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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror , pp. 244 - 271
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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