Royal responsibility in Anglo-Norman historical writing /
Winkler, Emily A. 1986-
Royal responsibility in Anglo-Norman historical writing / Emily A. Winkler. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
It has long been established that the crisis of 1066 generated a florescence of historical writing in the first half of the 12th century. Emily A. Winkler presents a new perspective on previously unqueried matters, investigating how historians' individual motivations and assumptions produced changes in the kind of history written across the Conquest. She argues that responses to the Danish Conquest of 1016 and the Norman Conquest of 1066 changed dramatically within two generations of the latter conquest. Repeated conquest could signal repeated failures and sin across the orders of society, yet early 12th-century historians in England not only extract English kings and people from a history of failure, but also establish English kingship as a worthy office on a European scale.
Specialized.
9780191850257 (ebook) : No price
Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers--Historiography.
Historiography--History--England--To 1500.
Great Britain--History--Historiography.--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
Great Britain--History--Historiography.--Norman period, 1066-1154
DA152
942.01072
Royal responsibility in Anglo-Norman historical writing / Emily A. Winkler. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
It has long been established that the crisis of 1066 generated a florescence of historical writing in the first half of the 12th century. Emily A. Winkler presents a new perspective on previously unqueried matters, investigating how historians' individual motivations and assumptions produced changes in the kind of history written across the Conquest. She argues that responses to the Danish Conquest of 1016 and the Norman Conquest of 1066 changed dramatically within two generations of the latter conquest. Repeated conquest could signal repeated failures and sin across the orders of society, yet early 12th-century historians in England not only extract English kings and people from a history of failure, but also establish English kingship as a worthy office on a European scale.
Specialized.
9780191850257 (ebook) : No price
Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers--Historiography.
Historiography--History--England--To 1500.
Great Britain--History--Historiography.--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
Great Britain--History--Historiography.--Norman period, 1066-1154
DA152
942.01072