The writers of the medieval world (OCR sources) - 2nd Generation writers

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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
Used Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as his research
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
He maintained annalistic lay-out but added to it a division of his narrative into books and chapters.
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
Several different versions of his same work survive which suggest he revised, altered and changed his text.
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
From this we learn how he, during a career as an archdeacon which spanned four decades, viewed past through prism of present.
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
Friends became rivals, patrons turned into enemies, all colleagues achieved promotion while he never got a bishopric.
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
Came from mixed Anglo-Norman background: his father Nicholas was member of Glanville family ffrom Normandy, whereas his mother was English, presumably of East Anglican origin
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
Such background meant he was bilingual and, presumably indebted to his mother for his knowledge of English which enabled him to read and translate Old English into Latin
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
It is likely that family history must have been amongst his memories of past.
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
His view of Norman Conquest was more down to earth and rational than monastic writings of the time.
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Henry of Huntingdon (died c1157)
As archdeacon, rather than monk, he was in charge of administration of bishopric of Lincoln.
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William of Malmesbury
According to historian Elizabeth Van Houts, William of Malmesbury is commonly hailed as most outstanding and reflective of Anglo-Norman historians
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William of Malmesbury
His work is grounded on variety of Anglo-Saxon sources
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William of Malmesbury
Travelled around collecting Old English texts, copying manuscripts and gathering oral information with express purpose of writing it down and preserving it for posterity
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William of Malmesbury
He writes histories for multi-ethnic public of English, Norman, Anglo-Norman and Anglo-Continental families
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William of Malmesbury
Blame for 1066 was proportioned to English for sinfulness, unholy behaviour and lack of attention to God, while praise for Normans was expressed in terms of military prowess, efficient logistics and architectural achievement
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Sometimes referred to as historical novel
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Surviving in more than two hundred medieval manuscripts and most fictitious in content, it is clearly meant to fill in substantial gaps left by Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
It embellishes court life during William Rufus's reign with very little factual scope
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Simeon Durham
It constitutes as one of our major sources for post-conquest history of northern England
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Simeon Durham
On basis of his distinctive handwriting he has been identified as clerk from north-western France who came to Durham
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Simeon Durham
Writing through 1104-1107 and 1115, what makes Simeon's achievement so remarkable is that he had to acquire mastery of English language in order to access source material on which so much of his chronicle is based.
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Eadmer, History of Recent Events
First attempt by full blooded Englishmen to digest impact of Norman Conquest
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Eadmer, History of Recent Events
Primarily an account of affairs of Church of Canterbury
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Eadmer, History of Recent Events
Intimate knowledge of local archives in Canterbury, which he exploited also exploited for his hagiographical work
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Eadmer, History of Recent Events
To his local expertise he added, as right hand man of Archbishop Anselm, whose biography he wrote, a wider European perspective
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Battle Abbey Chronicles
Foundations founded by William the Conqueror as site to remember dead at Hastings
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Battle Abbey Chronicles
Monastic house was finished in William Rufus's reign and therefore it is not surprising it has positive tone towards William the Conqueror and his son
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Orderic Vitalis
Born in 1075 in Shropshire, eldest son of French priest and Saxon mother
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Orderic Vitalis
When he was five, his parents sent him to an English monk, who kept a school in Shrewsbury
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Orderic Vitalis
At age of 11, entrusted as oblate to Abbey of Saint-Evroul in Duchy of Normandy
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Orderic Vitalis
Parents paid thirty marks for their son's admission - he viewed this as an exile and betrayal by his parents - he did not know a word of French when he reached Normandy
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Orderic Vitalis
Lived cloistered life and eventually became priest in 1107 in Worcester
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Orderic Vitalis
At some time between 1110 and 1115, his superiors ordered him to write history of Saint-Evroul
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Orderic Vitalis
Work of Historia Ecclesiastica grew under his hands until it became general history of his own age
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Orderic Vitalis
Saint Evroul was house of wealth and distinction, war-worn knights chose it as resting place and was constantly entertaining visitors from Southern Italy, where it had established new foundations and from England where it had extensive possessions
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Orderic Vitalis
Despite witnessing no great events, was well-informed about them.
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Hagiogaphy (definition)
Writing of the lives of saints - portraying kings as saintly
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He maintained annalistic lay-out but added to it a division of his narrative into books and chapters.

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Several different versions of his same work survive which suggest he revised, altered and changed his text.

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From this we learn how he, during a career as an archdeacon which spanned four decades, viewed past through prism of present.

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Friends became rivals, patrons turned into enemies, all colleagues achieved promotion while he never got a bishopric.

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