Download or read book The History of Alfred of Beverley written by John Slevin and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first modern edition of a text which shows the suspicion with which Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain was received two decades after it first appeared.The history of the Yorkshire secular clerk, Alfred of Beverley (c.1148 x c.1151), an important primary source in Anglo-Norman historiography, supplies a history of Britain from its supposed foundation by Brutus down to the death of Henry I in 1135.Alfred's history is of particular interest in that it is the first Insular Latin chronicle to incorporate the legendary British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth (published c.mid 1130s) within a continuous account of the island's past. In attempting to fuse the radically new Galfridian account of the past with that of the conventional twelfth-century (Bedan) view, Alfred's use and manipulation of his sources is highly revealing and suggests a quite critical reception of Geoffrey's history, a mindset which by the end of the twelfth century appears almost entirely to have disappeared amongst chroniclers. Alfred's history is also an important, and presently undervalued, witness to the reception and dissemination of three of the most important Anglo-Norman histories: Symeon of Durham Historia Regum, The Chronicle of John of Worcester and Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum, from which works it borrows extensively. In the manner of use of these sources, the author tells us much about the ecclesiastical and intellectual interests and outlook of the period.
Download or read book A short history of Beverley Minster etc By Joseph Coltman written by Beverley Minster (Beverley, England) and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medieval Historical Writing in Yorkshire written by John Taylor and published by Borthwick Publications. This book was released on 1961 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The True History of Merlin the Magician written by Anne Lawrence-Mathers and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the historical impact of Merlin from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, during which time he was considered a political prophet and historical figure, and explores how the meaning of his magic evolved over the centuries.
Download or read book The Cambridge World History of Genocide Volume 1 Genocide in the Ancient Medieval and Premodern Worlds written by Ben Kiernan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I offers an introductory survey of the phenomenon of genocide. The first five chapters examine its major recurring themes, while the further nineteen are specific case studies. The combination of thematic and empirical approaches illuminates the origins and long history of genocide, its causes, consistent characteristics, and the connections linking various cases from earliest times to the early modern era. The themes examined include the roles of racism, the state, religion, gender prejudice, famine, and climate crises, as well as the role of human decision-making in the causation of genocide. The case studies cover events on four continents, ranging from prehistoric Europe and the Andes to ancient Israel, Mesopotamia, the early Greek world, Rome, Carthage, and the Mediterranean. It continues with the Norman Conquest of England's North, the Crusades, the Mongol Conquests, medieval India and Viet Nam, and a panoramic study of pre-modern China, as well as the Spanish conquests of the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, and Mexico.
Download or read book The History of the University of Cambridge written by Thomas Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography written by Leslie Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the University of Cambridge from the Conquest to the Year 1634 written by Fuller Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ser 1 From the Norman conquest to the accession of Elizabeth written by George Lillie Craik and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England written by George Lillie Craik and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The history of the university of Cambridge and of Waltham abbey written by Thomas Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of King Alfred of England written by Jacob Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Haskins Society Journal 27 written by Laura L. Gathagan and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wide-ranging and current research into the Anglo-Norman and Angevin worlds.
Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography Vols 1 63 From the beginnings to 1900 written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Arthurian Material in the Chronicles Especially Those of Great Britain and France written by Robert Huntington Fletcher and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1906 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginnings of the story -- The intermediate stage -- Geoffrey of Monmouth -- The Arthurian story after Geoffrey : certain early prose versions -- The Arthurian story after Geoffrey : poetical versions of the first one hundred and fifty years -- The Latin prose chronicles of the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries -- The Middle English and contemporary Anglo-French metrical chronicles -- The French prose chronicles and their more direct derivatives (with other vernacular continental chronicles) -- Continental Latin chronicles of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- The Scottish versions -- The English and Latin chronicles of England in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- Conclusion.
Download or read book The Island of Avalon Volume 1 written by Francis Lot and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La matiere de Bretagne is a name given collectively to the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain; especially King Arthur and his knights and their association to the Grail. It is the link between the Grail stories and the legends of both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea and their connection to Glastonbury, the Island of Avalon, which is central to this investigation. The legend of King Arthur at Glastonbury is primarily derived from Geoffrey of Monmouth's mention of King Arthur's arrival at the Island of Avalon after his fatal fight with Mordred. It is the later bogus disinterment of King Arthur's manufactured grave at Glastonbury, which establishes Glastonbury's synonymy with Avalon. This volume sets out to show how the abbot of Glastonbury, Henry Blois, used Geoffrey of Monmouth as a nom de plume and concocted the epic tale from Brutus to Arthur which is now known as the 'History of the Kings of Britain' and was responsible for composing the Prophecies of Merlin"
