The Debate on the Norman Conquest (Issues in Historiography) [Paperback]

Marjorie Chibnall (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 071904913X | ISBN-13: 978-0719049132 | Publication Date: August 21, 1999

In the Middle Ages writers were still deeply involved in the legal and linguistic consequences of the Norman victory. Later, the issues became directly relevant to debates about constitutional rights; the theory of a "Norman yoke" provided first a call for revolution and, by the nineteenth century, a romantic vision of a lost Saxon paradise. When history became a subject for academic study, controversies still raged around such subjects as Saxon versus Norman institutions. The debates are still going on. Interest has now moved to such subjects as peoples and races, frontier societies, women's studies and colonialism.

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"This is a wise book, the product of a lifetime of scholarly dedication and achievement." --Speculum

About the Author

Marjorie Chibnall is Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Manchester University Press (August 21, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071904913X
• ISBN-13: 978-0719049132
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)