Writing History in the Community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130 b... - 9781903153949

Writing History in the Community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130From Bede to Symeon of Durham\nAuthor(s): Charles C. Rozier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: York Medieval Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: York Medieval Press\nISBN-13: 9781903153949, 978-1903153949\nSynopsis\nAn examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to construct and define an identity.\n\nHistorical texts of all kinds were written in the community of St Cuthbert c.[tel], from short annals to extended narrative history, political tracts and works on the lives and miracles of [url] the same time, scribes in the community worked to copy and procure notable classics of historiography, from Classical Antiquity down to the Norman Conquest of England. But what did these various forms of writing about past events mean to their original authors and readers? What were these texts for? \n This book offers a narrative of historiographical production within St Cuthbert's .