Product Description: Who, exactly, was responsible for the preservation of knowledge about the past? How did people preserve their recollections and pass them on to the next generation? Did they write them down or did they hand then on orally? The book is concerned with the memories of medieval people...read more

(view table of contents)

Product Description: Although exile or banning was a widespread customary punishment in the Middle Ages, there does not exist a modern study for Europe of this phenomenon for the period before c. 1300. The relative dearth, therefore, of historical and legal studies of exile is in stark contrast to the abundance of studies on exile as a literary or theological theme...read more

Product Description: Who, exactly, was responsible for the preservation of knowledge about the past? How did people preserve their recollections and pass them on to the next generation? Did they write them down or did they hand then on orally? The book is concerned with the memories of medieval people...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Normans in France and England left a rich legacy in historiography and literature, which is the subject of this volume. Dr van Houts first deals with the Scandinavian inheritance, which together with contacts with Danish England and Byzantium led to an interesting mix of pagan and ecclesiastical themes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)