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Book SynopsisRecent research on the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Viking and Angevin worlds of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The latest volume presents recent research on the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Viking and Angevin worlds of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Its ten papers includes articles on the origins of the Cistercian order, the coronationof Mathilda of Flanders, the rebel Owain ap Cadwgan, miracle stories and the anarchy of Stephen's reign, miracles at Sempringham, family and inheritance in the twelfth century, and contemporary views of secular clergy. Contributors: CONSTANCE BERMAN, LAURA GATHAGAN, DAVID CROUCH, CLAIRE DE TRAFFORD, K.L. MAUND, EDMUND KING, RICHARD SHERMAN, HUGH THOMAS, MARYLOU RUUD, JOHN COTTS, RALPH TURNER.
Table of Contents- K L Maund The Cistercian Mystery. How was the order Formed and by Whom? Can the Anglo-Norman Sources Elucidate the Problem? - Constance H Berman The Trappings of Power: the Coronation of Mathilda of Flanders - Laura L. Gathagan The Forgotten Family in Twelfth-Century England [with Claire de Trafford] - David Crouch The Forgotten Family in Twelfth-Century England [with David Crouch] - Claire de Trafford Owain ap Cadwgan: A Rebel Revisited - K L Maund The Memory of Brian fitz Count - Edmund King Robert de Gant (c.1085-c.1158): Dean of York and King's Chancellor - Richard M Sherman Miracle Stories and the Anarchy of King Stephen's Reign - Hugh M Thomas Reading Miracles at Sempringham: Gilbert's Instructive Cures - Marylou Ruud The Critique of the Secular Clergy in Peter of Blois and Nigellus de Longchamps - John D Cotts Ricardus Dux Aquitanorum et Comes Andegavorum - R V Turner
