John B Gillingham 
Anglo-Norman Studies XXVII [PDF ebook] 
Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2004

A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY


This volume contains the usual wide range of topics, and offers some unusual and provocative perspectives, including an examination of what the evidence of zooarchaeology can reveal about the Conquest. The other subjects discussedare the battle of Alençon; the impact of rebellion on Little Domesday; Lawrence of Durham; Thomas Becket; Peter of Blois; Anglo-French peace conferences; episcopal elections and the loss of Normandy; Norman identity in southern Italian chronicles; and the Normans on crusade.


Contributors: RICHARD BARTON, NAOMI SYKES, LUCY MARTEN, MIA MÜNSTER-SWENDSEN, JOHN D. COTTS, J.E.M. BENHAM, JÖRG PELTZER, JULIE BARRAU, EMILY ALBU, EWAN JOHNSON, G. A. LOUD, HANNA VOLLRATH.

İçerik tablosu

Probing the Passions of a Norman on Crusade: the
Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum – Emily Albu

Gilbert Foliot et l’Ecriture, un exégète en politique – Julie Barrau

Writing Warfare, Lordship and History: the
Gesta Consulum Andegavorum’s Account of the Battle of Alençon – Richard E Barton

Anglo-French Peace Conferences in the Twelfth Century – Jenny Benham

Peter of Blois and the Problem of the `Court’ in the Late Twelfth Century – John Cotts

Normandy and Norman Identity in Southern Italian Chronicles – Ewan Johnson

Monastic Chronicles in the Twelth-Century Abruzzi – Graham A Loud

The Impact of the Rebellion on Little Domesday – Lucy Marten

Setting Things Straight: Law, Justice and Ethics in the
Orationes of Lawrence of Durham – Mia Münster-Swendsen

The Angevin Kings and Canon Law: Episcopal Elections and the Loss of Normandy – Jörg Peltzer

Zooarchaeology of the Norman Conquest – Naomi Sykes

Was Thomas Becket Chaste? Understanding Episodes in the Becket Lives – Hanna Vollrath

Yazar hakkında

G.A. LOUD Is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Leeds. He is an acknowledged authority on the Normans in the south, and more generally on southern Italy during the Central Middle Ages.