Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1995 [Hardcover]

This most recent volume of papers contains the usual wide range of papers and topics. The Memorial lecture concerns St Anselm, a personality particularly dear to R. Allen Brown. There is a particular emphasis on the writing of history, with papers on regional identity in early Normandy, Henry of Huntingdon, the Anglo-Norman Estoire and the definition of racial identity in post-Conquest England; other topics include language in a colonial society, Anglo-Norman aristocracy (with studies ofindividual families), and the history of the church. Norman Southern Italy is represented by a study of the family structure in the principality of Salerno. Contributors: D.E.. LUSCOMBE, EMMA COWNIE, R. BEARMAN, P. DAMIAN-GRINT, JOANNA DRELL, DIANA GREENWAY, VANESSA KING, CASSANDRA POTTS, IAN SHORT, KATHLEEN THOMPSON, H. TSURUSHIMALatest volume in leading forum for research on the Anglo-Norman world.R.Allen Brown Memorial Lecture: Bec, Christ Church and the correspondence of St Anselm - David LuscombeBaldwin de Redvers: some aspects of a Baronial career in the reign of King Stephen - R BearmanThe Normans as patrons of English religious houses, 1066-1135 - Truth, trust and evidence in the Anglo-Norman Estoire - Peter Damian-GrintFamily structure in the Principality of Salerno during the Norman period, 1077-1154 - Joanna DrellAuthority, convention and observation in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum - D GreenwayEaldred, Archbishop of York: the Worcester years - Vanessa KingAtque unum ex diversis gentibus populum effecit: historical tradition and the Norman identity - Cassandra Potts HannahsTam Angli quam Franci: Self-definition in Anglo-Norman England - Ian ShortThe lords of Laigle: ambition and insecurity on the borders of Normandy - Kathleen ThompsonDomesday interpreters - Hiro Tsurushima