Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1995

Book Overview

Latest volume in leading forum for research on the Anglo-Norman world.

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. TSURUSHIMA

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851156665
• ISBN13: 9780851156668
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"