Memory and myths of the Norman Conquest /

The Norman Conquest is one of the most significant events in British history - but how is it actually remembered and perceived today? This book offers a study of contemporary British memory of the Norman Conquest, focussing on shared knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. A major source of evidence for i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brownlie, Siobhan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge [England] : Boydell Press, 2013.
Series:Medievalism (Series) ; v. 3.
Subjects:
William > I, > King of England, > 1027 or 1028-1087 > Military leadership.
William > I, > King of England, > 1027 or 1028-1087.
1066-1087
Normans > Great Britain.
Normands (Français) > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Command of troops.
Normans.
Great Britain > History > William I, 1066-1087.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1087 (Guillaume Ier)
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Memory and Method
  • 2. Knowledge, Symbolization and Tradition
  • 3. Multiple Remediation
  • 4. Presentism and Multidirectionality
  • 5. Affective Mobility
  • 6. Mythologization: A Founding Myth
  • 7. A Time-honoured Myth
  • 8. Contradictory Myths
  • 9. Memorial and Mythic Functions
  • 10. Significance of Distant Memory.

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