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

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 atta...

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Main Author:	Tahkokallio, Jaakko (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:	Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture,
Subjects:	William, > of Malmesbury, > approximately 1090-1143. > De gestis regum Anglorum. Henry, > of Huntingdon, > 1084?-1155. > Historia Anglorum. Geoffrey, > of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, > 1100?-1154. > Historia regum Britanniae. De gestis regum Anglorum (William, of Malmesbury) Historia Anglorum (Henry, of Huntingdon) Historia regum Britanniae (Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History. Historiography > Great Britain > History > To 1500. Livres > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Book industries and trade Historiography Great Britain To 1500 Electronic books. History
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