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Offers a reassessment of universal chronicle-writing and its ideological implications in the twelfth century.
The Chronography of Robert of Torigni is a key source for the political landscapes of twelfth-century Normandy, England, and wider Western Europe. Robert was at the heart of the Norman political network that revolved around Empress Matilda and her son Henry II, and so a crucial witness to the intense political transformations occurring in the Anglo-Norman world.
This book places his chronicle within its wider textual community, casting new light on the social practices, intellectual rationale, and ambitions of the chroniclers who followed the historiographical traditions of Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome and Sigebert of Gembloux. Along with Torigni's Chronography, the book examines how independent chroniclers and continuators at Savigny, Mortemer, Ourscamp as well as John of Salisbury adapted the chronicles of Eusebius-Jerome and Sigebert, openly engaging with - or reacting against - their understanding of time, empire and power. It demonstrates how textual traditions and ideological discourses can move across geopolitical boundaries, illuminating the specific circumstances that made the Eusebius-Jerome and Sigebert tradition of chronicle-writing successful in this period.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Sigebert of Gembloux's Chronographia and Eusebius-Jerome's Chronicle Tradition
Chapter 2. Robert of Torigni's Chronography as a liber chronicorum
Chapter 3. The Construction of the Past in the Chronography
Chapter 4. Writing Time for the King: Hegemony, Empire and its Challenges
Chapter 5. Beyond the Chronography: The Universal Chronicle Tradition in Cistercian Normandy
Chapter 6. The Universal Chronicle Tradition beyond Normandy: The Continuatio Ursicampina
Chapter 7. Facing the Challenges of Chronographia: John of Salisbury's Historia Pontificalis
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
