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  • Preface

  • Edited by Francesca Tinti, University of the Basque Country, D. A. Woodman, Robinson College, Cambridge
  • Book:
    Constructing History across the Norman Conquest
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    16 July 2022
    Print publication:
    13 May 2022, pp ix-ix

  • Summary

    We developed the idea for this collection of essays during several conversations about the remarkable historical works which were compiled at Worcester between c. 1050 and c. 1150. In the period following the Norman Conquest of 1066 various ecclesiastical centres in England looked to their past and produced narrative texts which stretched back to the time before the Conquest, while also trying to make sense of that event and its consequences. Such works have naturally attracted the attention of numerous modern historians, but we felt that no one had hitherto attempted to address the distinct features that characterised the Worcester community's initiatives in this area. In particular we were struck by the fact that it was not just the Conquest that triggered them there and that, although the changes that were introduced after 1066 clearly played a major role in the development of the Worcester ‘historical atelier’, Worcester stands out because of the continuity in ‘constructing history’ that can be identified across the whole period. In other words, 1066 was less of a caesura, and this continuity did not just characterise the production of such narrative works as chronicles, but is especially visible in activities like archival organisation and record-keeping. In order to explore this topic in detail, and from a number of complementary angles, we decided to gather a group of scholars, expert on different aspects of the Worcester documentary, literary, artistic and historical production in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, with whom we could collaborate to cast further light on the context and reasons for these specific developments. We have thus been able to produce a volume which examines the strategies and the rationale behind the construction of history at Worcester across the Norman Conquest, while bearing in mind parallel developments at other ecclesiastical centres as well as the connections that the Worcester church established with other contemporary communities.

Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
  • Edited by Rory Naismith, David A. Woodman
  • Published online:
    10 November 2017
    Print publication:
    16 November 2017
  • The workings of royal and ecclesiastical authority in Anglo-Saxon England can only be understood on the basis of direct engagement with original texts and material artefacts. This book, written by leading experts, brings together new research that represents the best of the current scholarship on the nexus between authority and written sources from Anglo-Saxon England. Ranging from the seventh to the eleventh century, the chapters in this volume offer fresh approaches to a wide range of linguistic, historical, legal, diplomatic and palaeographical evidence. Central themes include the formation of power in early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the age of Bede (d. 735) and Offa of Mercia (757–96), authority and its articulation in the century from Edgar (959–75) to 1066, and the significance of books and texts in expressing power across the period. Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England represents a critical resource for students and scholars alike with an interest in early medieval history from political, institutional and cultural perspectives.

Creative Imitation and Latin Literature
  • Edited by David West, Tony Woodman
  • Published online:
    12 March 2010
    Print publication:
    20 December 1979
  • The poets and prose-writers of Greece and Rome were acutely conscious of their literary heritage. They expressed this consciousness in the regularity with which, in their writings, they imitated and alluded to the great authors who had preceded them. Such imitation was generally not regarded as plagiarism but as essential to the creation of a new literary work: imitating one's predecessors was in no way incompatible with originality or progress. These views were not peculiar to the writers of Greece and Rome but were adopted by many others who have written in the 'classical tradition' right up to modern times. Creative Imitation and Latin Literature is an exploration of this concept of imitation. The contributors analyse selected passages from various authors - Greek, Latin and English - in order to demonstrate how Latin authors created new works of art by imitating earlier passages of literature.

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