The debate on the Norman Conquest (Issues in Historiography) - Softcover

Chibnall, Marjorie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071904913X ISBN 13: 9780719049132

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The debate on the Norman Conquest is still ongoing. Because of the great interest that has always 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. In the medieval period writers were still deeply involved in the legal and linguistic consequences of the Norman victory. Later the issues became direcly relevant to debates about constitutional rights; the theory of a "Norman yoke" provided first a call for revolution and, by the 19th century, a romantic vision of a lost Saxon paradise. When history became a subject for academic study controversies still raged round such subjects as Saxon versus Norman institutions. These have gradually been replaced in a broader social setting where there is more room for consensus. Interest has now moved to such subjects as peoples and races, frontier societies, women's studies and colonialism. Changing perspectives have shown the advantage of studying a period from the late 10th to the early 13th century rather than one beginning in 1066.

About this title

About the Author:

Marjorie Chibnall is Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Review:

"This is a wise book, the product of a lifetime of scholarly dedication and achievement." --Speculum

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 071904913X
• ISBN 13: 9780719049132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176