Cloth, dj, F/F. xxiv+292pp, 8pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Study of the men who wrote the Chronicles of Medieval England & of the way in which they wrote. This understanding of why & how they presented their 'Histories' is fundamental to any appraisal of a Medieval work, as the values & methods of the historian then are vastly different to thsoe of the historian today. 700 grams.

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Title

Chronicles - The Writing Of History In Medieval England

Publisher

Hambledon & London

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

1852853581

ISBN 13

9781852853587

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

Weight

700 grams

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Medieval History

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The priorities of medieval chroniclers and historians were not those of the modern historian, nor was the way that they gathered, arranged and presented evidence. Yet if we understand how they approached their task, and their assumption of God's immanence in the world, much that they wrote becomes clear. Many of them were men of high intelligence whose interpretation of events sheds clear light on what happened. Christopher Given-Wilson is one of the leading authorities on medieval English historical writing. He examines how medieval writers such as Ranulf Higden and Adam Usk treated chronology and geography, politics and warfare, heroes and villains. He looks at the ways in which chronicles were used during the middle ages, and at how the writing of history changed between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.

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Chris Given-Wilson is the editor of The Chronicles of Adam Usk.

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