Proceedings of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies, 2, 1979 / edited by R. Allen Brown
1980, 1st Edition. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #333291
ISBN: 0851151264
Physical description: xiii, 210 pages: illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm. Notes: "The second Battle Conference in Anglo-Norman Studies took place between 20 and 25 July 1979"--Preface. Includes index. Contents: The Carmen de Hastingae proelio: a discussion / R.H.C. Davis, L.J. Engels et al. -- Battle c. 1110: an anthroponymist looks at an Anglo-Norman new town / Cecily Clark -- Some developments in military architecture c. 1200: Le Coudray-Salbart / P.E. Curnow -- The piety of the Anglo-Norman knightly class / C. Harper-Bill -- The Byzantine view of the Normans / Jos. Hermans -- Henry I and the Anglo-Norman magnates / C.W. Hollister -- Anglo-Norman as a spoken language / M.D. Legge -- Magnates, curiales and the wheel of fortune / Emma Mason -- Bishop's Lynn: the first century of a new town? / Dorothy M. Owen -- The abbey of the conquerors: defensive enfeoffment and economic development in Anglo-Norman England / Eleanor M. Searle. index. Subjects: 1066-1216. Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154; Congresses. Great Britain. Conference papers and proceedings. Conference publication. History. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €35.00