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Book SynopsisNew research covering the political and social history of the British Isles from 10c-13c, with related material on Western Europe.The Charles Homer Haskin Society was founded for the study of and research into the political and social history of the Western European world, through the Viking age and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the break-up of the Carolingianstate in the mid 13th century. The principal focus is on the British Isles, and on France where events relate to developments in Britain. Its Journal is an annual volume of papers in this area of interest, presented at Society meetings by scholars on both sides of the Atlantic; special studies are also commissioned. Contributors: ROBERT S. BABCOCK, JESSE L. BYOCK and SKIA, CASSANDRA POTTS, G.A. LOUD, DAVID S. SPEAR, JOHN GILLINGHAM, TED JOHNSON-SOUTH, THOMAS CALLAHAN Jr, RICHARD HEISER, MARVIN L. COLKER
Trade ReviewWide-ranging collection...containing numerous informative and stimulating papers. * FRENCH HISTORY *
Table of ContentsImbeciles and Normans - the "Ynfydion" of Gruffudd ap Rhys reconsidered, Robert S. Babcock; disease and modern archaeology in "Egil's Saga" - a first look, Jesse L. Byock and Skia; the earliest Norman Counts revisited - the Lords of Mortain, Cassandra Potts; churches and churchmen in an age of Conquest - Southern Italy, 1030-1130, G.A. Loud; The School of Caen revisited, David S. Spear; conquering the barbarians - war and chivalry in 12th-century Britain, John Gillingham; The Norman Conquest of Durham - Norman historians and the Anglo-Saxon community of St Cuthbert, Ted Johnson-South; the arrest of the bishops at Stephen's court - a reassessment, Thomas Callahan, Jr; the sheriffs of Richard I - trends of management as seen in the shrieval appointments from 1189 to 1194, Richard Heiser; the "Margam Chronicle" in a Dublin manuscript, Marvin L. Colker.
