Böcker av Marjorie Chibnall

`A wise, learned, gracefully written account of the Anglo-Norman world and its most remarkable chronicler.' SPECULUM

Covers topics including Abbey, town and early charters of Battle; Anglo-Norman succession 1120-1125; Aethelings in Normandy; 11c Barons and their Officials; Coinage and currency under Henry I; Early earls of Norman England; Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain"; Ivo of Chartres; and, Landholding by Milites in Domesday.

Covers Bayeux Tapestry; Bishops of Winchester and the Monastic Revolution; Charters of Henry II; Early Irish Castles; Land and Inheritance in England; Life of St Margaret; Mont St Michel 966-1035; Sake and Soke, Titles, and Tenants-in-Chief; Shaftesbury Abbey's Benefactors; 12c Anglo-Scottish Warfare; and, Benoit of St Maure and William.

Papers in Anglo-Norman history including new research on music, the Bayeux Tapestry and Domesday studies.

Essays on varied topics, with particular emphasis on the Normans in the mediterranean world.

Important new research on a very wide range of topics in the fields of history, archaeology, literature and palaeography.

Monastic life, the royal courts and Norman nobility as depicted by Orderic's medieval chronicle.

The debate on the Norman Conquest is still ongoing. Because of the interest that has been shown in the subject of conquest and its aftermath, interpretations have been numerous and conflicting; students bewildered by controversies may find this book a useful guide through the morass of literature.