The Peterborough Version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Rewriting Post-Conquest History
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78327-001-9
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 196 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Anglo-Saxon Studies

An examination of the linguistic and cultural construction of one of the texts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

In the twelfth century, a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was rewritten at Peterborough Abbey, welding local history into an established framework of national events. This text has usually been regarded as an exception, a vernacular Chronicle written in a period dominated by Latin histories. This study, however, breaks new ground by considering the Peterborough Chronicle as much more than just an example of the accidental longevity of the Chronicle tradition. Close analysis reveals unique interpretations of events, and a very strong sense of communal identity, suggesting that the construction of this text was not a marginal activity, but one essential to the articulation of the abbey's image. This text also participates in a vibrant post-Conquest textual culture, in particular at Canterbury, including the writing of the bilingual F version of the Chronicle; its symbiotic relationship witha wider corpus of Latin historiography thus indicates the presence of shared sources. The incorporation of alternative generic types in the text also suggests the presence of formal hybridity, a further testament to a fluid and adaptable textual culture.

Dr Malasree Home teaches at Newcastle University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Home, Malasree

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The text, the world, and Peterborough abbey
Textualizing the past
Continuing the Chronicle
Making the Chronicle: form, genre, identity
Beyond the Chronicle: the perspective of house history
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Malasree Home gained her doctorate from the University of Cambridge.