The Haskins Society Journal 27 2015. Studies In Medieval History [Hardcover]

This volume of the Haskins Society Journal brings together a rich and interdisciplinary collection of articles. Topics range from the politics and military organization of northern worlds of the Anglo-Normans and Angevins in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, to the economic activity of women in Catalonia and political unrest in thirteenth-century Tripoli. Martin Millett's chapter on the significance of rural life in Roman Britain for the early Middle Ages continues the Journal's commitment to archaeological approaches to medieval history, while contributions on ?lfric's complex use of sources in his homilies, Byrhtferth of Ramsey's reinterpretation of the Alfredian past, and the little known History of Alfred of Beverly engage with crucial questions of sources and historiographical production within Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England. Pieces on the political meaning of the Empress Helena and Constantine I for Angevin political ambitions and the role of relics such as the Holy Lance in strategies of political legitimation in Anglo-Saxon England and Ottonian Germany in the tenth century complete the volume. Contributors: David Bachrach, Mark Blincoe, Katherine Cross, Sarah Ifft Decker, Joyce Hill, Katherine Hodges-Kluck, Jesse Izzo, Martin Millett, John Patrick Slevin, Oliver Stoutner, Laura Wangerin.Wide-ranging and current research into the Anglo-Norman and Angevin worlds.Rural Settlement in Roman Britain and Its Significance for the Early Medieval Period - Martin MillettHoly Relics, Authority, and Legitimacy in Ottonian Germany and Anglo-Saxon England - Laura WangerinBeyond the Obvious: ?lfric and the Authority of Bede - Joyce HillByrhtferth's Historia regum and the Transformation of the Alfredian Past - Katherine CrossGeoffrey le Bel of Anjou and Political Inheritance in the Anglo-Norman Realm - Mark E. BlincoeObservations on the Twelfth-century Historia of Alfred of Beverley - John Patrick SlevinHelena, Constantine, and the Angevin Desire for Jerusalem - KalS6