Literary variety and the writing of history in Britain's long twelfth century. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacqueline M. Burek.
• Authors: Burek, Jacqueline M
• Contents: Introduction: Discontinuous History in the Long Twelfth Century; ; Part I: Varietas in Latin ; 1: Varietas : From Roman Rhetoric to British History; 2: 'I take it that no one will object to some variety': William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum ; 3: 'Since nothing endures here, pay attention': Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum ; 4: 'Continuously and in order': Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae ; ; Part II: Variety in Middle English ; 5: 'Three texts into one': Laʒamon's Brut ; 6: 'Of diuers kynd': Robert Mannyng's Story of Inglande ; Conclusions: The Rhetoric of Discontinuity?; ; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : York Medieval Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 942.031; Literary form -- History -- To 1500; Historiography; Literary form; Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189 -- Historiography; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- Historiography; Great Britain; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800108752; 1800108753
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.