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Robert of Torigni's Chronography and the Universal Chronicle Tradition

by Gabriele Passabì
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781914049323
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: York Medieval Press
  • Publisher Imprint: York Medieval Press
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  • Pages: 282
  • Original Price: GBP 95.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 572 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)

Offers a reassessment of universal chronicle-writing and its ideological implications in the twelfth century.

The Chronography of Robert of Torigni is a key source for the political landscapes of twelfth-century Normandy, England, and wider Western Europe. Robert was at the heart of the Norman political network that revolved around Empress Matilda and her son Henry II, and so a crucial witness to the intense political transformations occurring in the Anglo-Norman world.

This book places his chronicle within its wider textual community, casting new light on the social practices, intellectual rationale, and ambitions of the chroniclers who followed the historiographical traditions of Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome and Sigebert of Gembloux. Along with Torigni's Chronography, the book examines how independent chroniclers and continuators at Savigny, Mortemer, Ourscamp as well as John of Salisbury adapted the chronicles of Eusebius-Jerome and Sigebert, openly engaging with - or reacting against - their understanding of time, empire and power. It demonstrates how textual traditions and ideological discourses can move across geopolitical boundaries, illuminating the specific circumstances that made the Eusebius-Jerome and Sigebert tradition of chronicle-writing successful in this period.

Passabì, Gabriele: - GABRIELE PASSABÌ is a member of the Società Italiana per la Storia Medievale (SISMED). He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and has held research fellowships at universities and research centres across Europe and North America.

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