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Leah Shopkow.
History and Community: Norman Historical Writing in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.
Published Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1997.
ISBN 0813208831;
ISBN-13: 9780813208831.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Braun-Brumfield, Ann Arbor.
Size: 139x214x23mm.
Page count: xvi,328pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners, including a small chip on the edge of the front cover and first few pages, and a mild bash on the bottom edge of the back cover; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £9.00
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[Publisher lists this title as out of print]
Weight without packaging: 500g.

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Contents: Intro. — historical writing & the Norman community; History in the county of Normandy; The Norman comedy; The glorious Norman past; Truth; Methods, Models & sources; Purpose of history; Patrons & other readers — reception of Norman histories; Conclusion — propagation of historical writing in medieval Europe.
Appendices: History & hagiography; Notes on Acts of the Archbishops of Rouen.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 23pp
Index: yes

See also | Normans | Chronicles | Historiography |
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