Anglo–Norman Political Culture and the Twelfth C – Proceedings of the Borchard …

Anglo-Norman Political Culture and the Twelfth Century RenaissanceProceedings of the Borchard Conference on Anglo-Norman History, 1995\nAuthor(s): C. Warren Hollister, C Warren Hollister, Cassandra Potts Hannahs, David Crouch, John B Gillingham, Judith Green, Robin Fleming\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9780851156910, 978-0851156910\nSynopsis\nPapers exploring the impact of change on aspects of the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman world.\n\nThe twelfth-century renaissance, though usually seen as a French phenomenon, produced fundamental changes in the culture and politics of the wider Anglo-Norman world. The essays in this volume, by leadingscholars in this field meeting at La Bretesche, Brittany, in 1995, explore the impact of this change. Covering a variety of topics, including the transmission of Norman saints' cults, vernacular history and aristocratic values, and shifting modes of deathand dying, they haveH