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Subtitle: genealogical literature in late-Medieval Britain and France
By: edited by Raluca L. Radulescu and Edward Donald Kennedy
Series: Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe -- 16; Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe -- 16.
Publisher: Brepols; Brepols Publishers; Brepols (distributed)
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9782503524856
Subjects: Genealogical literature; History; Sources
Description: The essays in this collection explore the genealogical literature of late-medieval Britain and France in relation to issues of identity, the transmission of power, and cultural, socio-political and economic developments. They give the reader a complex understanding of genealogical literature and its relationships with other genres.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Raluca L. Radulescu and -- Edward Donald Kennedy; title: Genealogy in insular romance  -- Raluca L. Radulescu; title: Prophecy, genealogy, and history in Medieval English political discourse  -- Lesley Coote; title: A new pattern for English history: the first genealogical rolls of the kings of England  -- Olivier de Laborderie; title: Genealogies of noble families in Anglo-Norman  -- John Spence; title: Genealogies in Medieval France  -- Marigold Anne Norbye; title: Genealogy in monastic chronicles in England  -- Emilia Jamroziak; title: Genealogy rewritten: inheriting the legendary in insular historiography  -- Matthew Fisher; title: Genealogy and gentility: social status in provincial England  -- Jon Denton; title: The antiquity of Scottish civilization: king-lists and genealogical chronicles  -- Edward Donald Kennedy; title: Genealogical narratives and kingship in Medieval Wales  -- Nia M.W. Powell -- Case studies.; title: Narrative, lineage, and succession in the Anglo-Norman prose Brut chronicle  -- Julia Marvin ;; title: Genealogy and women in the prose Brut, especially the Middle English common version and its continuations  -- Lister M. Matheson ;; title: Genealogy and John Hardyng's verse Chronicle -- Sarah L. Peverley.