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Reading and writing Hastings: the battle and its sources – Landscapes of the Normans
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Landscapes of the Normans. Reading and writing Hastings: the battle and its sources. Which squadron was on which flank? Did the battle start with archers? Our earliest sources are not without controversy. William of Poitiers’ biography of Duke William no longer survives in a medieval manuscript and we are dependent on early modern editions for its preservation. The. Carmen de Hastingae Proelio. William of Malmesbury focuses on explanations for the success of the Normans, describing how they spent the eve...
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A Short History of the Normans – Landscapes of the Normans
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Landscapes of the Normans. A Short History of the Normans. It has been a busy term what with marking, exams, Leeds International Medieval Congress. Session to prepare for and stopping the dark ages. Significantly it also saw the publication of two books that I have been working on for a long time, the first was. A Short History of the Normans. As part of the ‘ Short Histories’. Things then moved a bit more quickly than I intended. It is marvellous what pressure of time and getting up unfeasibly early...
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Teaching charters: interaction and reconstruction in the seminar room – Landscapes of the Normans
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Landscapes of the Normans. Teaching charters: interaction and reconstruction in the seminar room. The chances are if you are reading this blog, you know what a charter. Is [2], but just in case, it is a medieval document recording an action, like a grant of land, sale, gift, or renunciation of a claim (quitclaim), that has already happened and that someone thought it would be a good idea to write it down, and often, to find a person in authority to confirm that it had happened. For example:. 3] Complete ...
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lvhicks – Landscapes of the Normans
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Landscapes of the Normans. Medievalist specialising in the Normans. In search of Orderic Vitalis. Originally published in September 2008 on ‘On boundaries’ (now defunct). Reivers is still my partner in all things, but now keeps his own blog under his real name somewhere on GitHub. Continue reading “In search of Orderic Vitalis”. January 25, 2017. Leave a comment on In search of Orderic Vitalis. Reflections on the ‘countryside’. Wrote a long post. December 30, 2016. January 1, 2017. November 15, 2016.
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Reflections on the ‘countryside’ – Landscapes of the Normans
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Landscapes of the Normans. Reflections on the ‘countryside’. This blog is called ‘Landscapes of the Normans’ and so far, there’s been very little about landscapes, though rather more about Normans. As other articles and projects are now done and away, I can finally get on with drawing together the disparate threads of the landscapes project, send in the book proposal and write it [1]. Recently, a modernist friend, Matthew Kelly. Wrote a long post. Is essential in understanding the interactions between hu...