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.
Contributors: MARTIN AURELL, NICHOLAS PAUL, ROBERT F. BERKHOFER III, STEFAN JURASINSKI, JULIE KERR, KIMM STARR-REID, TARA GALE, JOHN LANGDON, NATALIE LEISHMAN, ALAN M. STAHL, KENNETH PENNINGTON
Cuprins
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s
History of the Kings of Britain and the 12th Century Renaissance – Martin Aurell
The Chronicle of Fulk le Réchin: a Reassessment – Nicholas L. Paul
The Canterbury Forgeries Revisited – Robert F. Berkhofer III
Germanism, Slapping, and the Cultural Contexts of Aethelberht’s Code: A Reconsideration of Chapters 56-58 – Stefan Jurasinski
Food, Drink and Lodging: Hospitality in Twelfth-Century England – Julie Kerr
Performing the Other in the
History of the Kings of Britain – Kim Starr-Reid
Piety and Political Accommodation in Norman England: The Case of the South- west – John Langdon
The Sterling Abroad – Alan M. Stahl
The Normans in Palerno: King Roger II’s Legislation – Kenneth Pennington
Despre autor
Robert F. Berkhofer III is associate professor of medieval history at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.