The construction of vernacular history in the Anglo-Norman prose Brut chronicle : the manuscript culture of late medieval England / Julia Marvin.

Author
Marvin, Julia, 1966- [Browse]
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Book
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English
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Woodbridge, Suffolk : A York Medieval Press publication in association with The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2017.
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xv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    "The prose Brut chronicle was the most popular vernacular work of the late Middle Ages in England, setting a standard for vernacular historical writing well into the age of print, but until recently it has attracted little scholarly attention. This book combines a study of the Chronicle's sources, content, and methods of composition, with its manuscript contexts. Using the Anglo-Norman Oldest Version as a touchstone, it investigates the Chronicle's social ideals, its representation of women, and its distinctive versions of such elements of British history as the Trojan foundation myth, the ruin of the Britons, the Norman Conquest, and Arthur and Merlin, arguing that its humane, populist vision demands reassessment of medieval popular understandings of British history, and of the presumed dominance of imperialism, next-worldly piety, misogyny, and a taste for violence in late-medieval culture. The book also analyses evidence for the production of the Anglo-Norman Brut, and examines the ways in which its makers and users reconstructed British history through manuscript context, ordinatio and apparatus, annotation and illustration."-- Back cover.
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    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Introduction: Recognizing the prose Brut tradition
    • Part I. Construction. A new new Troy: Brut, Rome, and the foundations of British history ; The community of the Realm: King, Baron, brother, stranger ; Women with voices ; Social Arthur ; The continuity of the Realm
    • Part II. Reconstruction and response. Evidence of production ; The company that prose Bruts keep ; Ordinatio, apparatus, and annotation ; History Illustrated
    • Conclusion: Merlin's power
    Other title(s)
    Manuscript culture of late medieval England
    ISBN
    • 1903153743 (hardback)
    • 9781903153741 (hardback)
    OCLC
    987999130
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    H - S
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