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The Anglo-Norman historical canon : publishing and manuscript culture / Jaakko Tahkokallio.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tahkokallio, Jaakko, author.
Series:
Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524.
Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
William, of Malmesbury, approximately 1090-1143. De gestis regum Anglorum.
William.
Henry, of Huntingdon, 1084?-1155. Historia Anglorum--English.
Henry.
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae.
Geoffrey.
Book industries and trade--Great Britain--History.
Book industries and trade.
Historiography--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
Historiography.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (94 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This Element is a contribution to the ongoing debate on what it meant to publish a book in manuscript. It offers case-studies of three twelfth-century Anglo-Norman historians: William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. It argues that the contemporary success and rapid attainment of canonical authority for their histories was in significant measure the result of successfully conducted publishing activities. These activities are analysed using the concept of a 'publishing circle'. This concept, it is suggested, may have wider utility in the study of authorial publishing in a manuscript culture. This Element is also available as Open Access.
Contents:
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
The Anglo-Norman Historical Canon
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Conceptualising Publishing in Manuscript Culture
1.2 The Publishing Framework: Audiences of History and the Modalities of Book Production in Post-Conquest England and the Anglo-Norman Realm
1.3 A Note on the Sources
2 William of Malmesbury
3 Henry of Huntingdon
4 Geoffrey of Monmouth
5 Conclusions
References
Manuscripts Cited
Printed Primary Sources
Secondary Works
Funding Information.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jun 2019).
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781316999790
1316999793
9781108645119
1108645119
9781108624886
110862488X
OCLC:
1107826019

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