Three Anglo-Norman kings : the lives of William the Conqueror and sons

Title
  1. Three Anglo-Norman kings : the lives of William the Conqueror and sons / by Benoît de Sainte-Maure ; translated with an introduction and notes by Ian Short.
Published by
  1. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2018]
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century

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Additional authors
  1. Short, Ian, 1939-
Description
  1. vi, 227 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Ironically first edited from an Anglo-Norman copy, then, definitively, from a manuscript from the author's native Touraine, the Histoire des ducs de Normandie after many years of neglect has received in the last twenty years significant attention, culminating in this authoritative translation with notes by the foremost Anglo-Normanist Ian Short. Benoît de Sainte-Maure's massive enterprise (it numbers 44,544 lines, of which the last quarter are translated here) was started soon after his celebrated Roman de Troie and at the request of Henry II takes up the task relinquished by Wace in the Roman de Rou. Writing in French in rhyming octosyllabic couplets Benoît provides a monastic, providentialist view of his subject, seeking to reconnect Henry's French-speaking aristocracy to their Continental heritage and to give a wider secular audience access to the Latin sources. Short's translation brings to a wider readership a work that fills a significant gap in the development and character of vernacular historiography." -- Anthony Hunt, University of Oxford (Back cover)
Series statement
  1. Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57
Uniform title
  1. Chronique des ducs de Normandie. Selections. English
  2. Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57.
Alternative title
  1. Chronique des ducs de Normandie.
  2. 3 Anglo-Norman kings
Subject
  1. Normandy, Dukes of > Early works to 1800
  2. William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087 > Early works to 1800
  3. William II, King of England, 1056?-1100 > Early works to 1800
  4. Robert II, Duke of Normandy, 1054?-1134 > Early works to 1800
  5. Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135 > Early works to 1800
  6. Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135
  7. Normandy, Dukes of
  8. Robert II, Duke of Normandy, 1054?-1134
  9. William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087
  10. William II, King of England, 1056?-1100
  11. To 1515
  12. Nobility > France > Normandy > Biography > Early works to 1800
  13. Normans > Great Britain > Biography > Early works to 1800
  14. Civilization, Medieval, in literature
  15. Nobility in literature
  16. Literature
  17. Nobility
  18. Normans
  19. Normandy (France) > History > To 1515 > Early works to 1800
  20. Normandy (France) > In literature
  21. France > Normandy
  22. Great Britain
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. Early works.
  3. History.
Call number
  1. JFE 19-1735
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
Language (note)
  1. Translated to English from the Old French.
Author
  1. Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century, author.
Title
  1. Three Anglo-Norman kings : the lives of William the Conqueror and sons / by Benoît de Sainte-Maure ; translated with an introduction and notes by Ian Short.
Publisher
  1. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2018]
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57
  2. Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
Language
  1. Translated to English from the Old French.
Chronological term
  1. To 1515
Added author
  1. Short, Ian, 1939- translator, writer of introduction.
Other form:
  1. Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Chronique des ducs de Normandie. Selections. English Three Anglo-Norman kings.: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2018. Mediaeval sources in translation Mediaeval sources in translation ; (CaOONL)20189020385
LCCN
  1. 2018411678
ISBN
  1. 9780888443076 (paperback)
  2. 0888443072 (paperback)
Research call number
  1. JFE 19-1735
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