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Aelred as a historian among historians

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posted on 2023-05-22, 17:43 authored by Elizabeth FreemanElizabeth Freeman
The mid-12th century in England was a popular time for the writing of histories. The Norman Conquest of 1066 was sufficiently entrenched that its effects were now clear and inescapable. Benedictine monks in particular seem to have felt that an old world had gone forever, and in the mid-12th century they turned in ever-increasing numbers to the writing of history. National histories were common at this time; commencing their chronologies with the 5th-century arrival of the Angles and Saxons and then continuing up to contemporary times, these narrative histories carried clear political and moral agendas along with their chronological developments.

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Publication title

A Companian to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167)

Editors

Dutton, ML

Pagination

113-146

ISBN

9789004183551

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Brill

Place of publication

Leiden and Boston

Extent

10

Rights statement

Copyright 2017 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology

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