Title Royal responsibility in Anglo-Norman historical writing / Emily A. Winkler

Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents I. Structures Of Historiography And Royal Responsibility -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Foundations of Conditional Kingship -- 3. Invasion, Explanation, and Responsibility in Anglo-Saxon England -- II. Twelfth-Century England -- 4. Within the Providential Plan: William and Henry -- 5. Challenge to Providence: John and Gaimar -- III. Royal Responsibility And The English -- 6. Conditional Kingship: Expanding the Nature of the Succession -- 7. Conditional Kingship: Expectations for Kings -- 8. Redeeming the English Past -- 9. Conclusions: Conquest and Rulership Summary It has long been established that the crisis of 1066 generated a florescence of historical writing in the first half of the twelfth century. Emily A. Winkler presents a new perspective on previously unqueried matters, investigating how historians' individual motivations and assumptions produced changes in the kind of history written across the Conquest. She argues that responses to the Danish Conquest of 1016 and the Norman Conquest of 1066 changed dramatically within two generations of the latter conquest. Repeated conquest could signal repeated failures and sin across the orders of society, yet early twelfth-century historians in England not only extract English kings and people from a history of failure, but also establish English kingship as a worthy office on a European scale. 'Royal Responsibility in Anglo-Norman Historical Writing' illuminates the consistent historical agendas of four historians: William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, John of Worcester, and Geffrei Gaimar. In their narratives of England's eleventh-century history, these twelfth-century historians expanded their approach to historical explanation to include individual responsibility and accountability within a framework of providential history. In this regard, they made substantial departures from their sources. These historians share a view of royal responsibility independent both of their sources (primarily the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and of any political agenda that placed English and Norman allegiances in opposition. Although the accounts diverge widely in the interpretation of character, all four are concerned more with the effectiveness of England's kings than with the legitimacy of their origins. Their new, shared view of royal responsibility represents a distinct phenomenon in England's twelfth-century historiography Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject William, of Malmesbury, approximately 1090-1143. Henry, of Huntingdon, 1084?-1155. John, of Worcester, active 12th century. SUBJECT Henry, of Huntingdon, 1084?-1155 fast John, of Worcester, active 12th century fast William, of Malmesbury, approximately 1090-1143 fast Heinrich von Huntingdon 1084-1155 gnd Geoffroy Gaimar gnd Wilhelm von Malmesbury 1080-1142 gnd Johannes Wigorniensis ca. 12. Jh. gnd Guillaume de Malmesbury (1080?-1142?) -- Critique et interprétation. ram Henri de Huntingdon (1084?-1155) -- Critique et interprétation. ram Jean de Worcester (11..-1140?) -- Critique et interprétation. ram Gaimar, Geffrei (11..-11..) -- Critique et interprétation. ram Subject Historians -- Great Britain HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Historians Historiography Kings and rulers Politics and government SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- Historiography Great Britain -- Kings and rulers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056859 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056872 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Bibliografie. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192540423 0192540424 9780191850257 019185025X

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