Three Anglo-Norman kings : the lives of William the Conqueror and sons
- Title
- 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
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2018]
- ©2018
- Author
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- Description
- vi, 227 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "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
- Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57
- Uniform title
- Chronique des ducs de Normandie. Selections. English
- Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57.
- Alternative title
- Chronique des ducs de Normandie.
- 3 Anglo-Norman kings
- Subject
- Normandy, Dukes of > Early works to 1800
- William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087 > Early works to 1800
- William II, King of England, 1056?-1100 > Early works to 1800
- Robert II, Duke of Normandy, 1054?-1134 > Early works to 1800
- Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135 > Early works to 1800
- Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135
- Normandy, Dukes of
- Robert II, Duke of Normandy, 1054?-1134
- William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087
- William II, King of England, 1056?-1100
- To 1515
- Nobility > France > Normandy > Biography > Early works to 1800
- Normans > Great Britain > Biography > Early works to 1800
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature
- Nobility in literature
- Literature
- Nobility
- Normans
- Normandy (France) > History > To 1515 > Early works to 1800
- Normandy (France) > In literature
- France > Normandy
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Early works.
- History.
- Call number
- JFE 19-1735
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated to English from the Old French.
- Author
- Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century, author.
- Title
- 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
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2018]
- Copyright date
- ©2018
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57
- Mediaeval sources in translation ; 57.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
- Language
- Translated to English from the Old French.
- Chronological term
- To 1515
- Added author
- Short, Ian, 1939- translator, writer of introduction.
- Other form:
- 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
- 2018411678
- ISBN
- 9780888443076 (paperback)
- 0888443072 (paperback)
- Research call number
- JFE 19-1735