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1	The Normans in Europe more books like this by Elisabeth M. Van Houts A selection from the abundant source material generated by the Normans and the peoples they conquered. As this study demonstrates, few other medieval peoples generated historical writing of such quantity and quality. Van Houts takes a wide European perspective on the Normans, assessing and explaining Norman expansion, their political and social ... see all copies from $19.99! new only from $22.95!
2	Medieval Memories: Men, Women and the Past, 700-1300 more books like this by Elizabeth Van Houts, Elisabeth Van Houts Who, exactly, was responsible for the preservation of knowledge about the past? How did people preserve their recollections and pass them on to the next generation? Did they write them down or did they hand then on orally? The book is concerned with the memories of medieval people. In the Middle Ages, as now, men and women collected stories about ... see all copies from $10.44! new only from $61.55!
3	Memory and gender in medieval Europe, 900-1200 more books like this by Elisabeth Maria Cornelia van Houts Remembering the past in the Middle Ages is a subject that is often perceived as a study of chronicles and annals written by monks in monasteries. Following in the footsteps of early Christian historians such as Eusebius and St Augustine, the medieval chroniclers are thought of as men isolated in their monastic institutions, writing about the world ... see all copies from $37.02! new only from $43.32! \| first editions
4	The History of the Norman People: Wace's Roman de Rou more books like this by Wace, Glyn S Burgess (Translator), Elisabeth Van Houts (Translator) see all copies from $18.00! new only from $37.95!
5	Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 more books like this by Elisabeth M Van Houts (Foreword by), Professor Miri Rubin (Preface by) Tracing the Oral And Written Memories Of Families And Monastic communities through chronicles, saints' lives, and material objects such as jewellery and memorial stones, Elisabeth van Hours argues that in the Middle Ages, as now, the knowledge of the past was shaped by men as well as women. Men may have dominated the pages of literature but many ... see all copies from $27.54! new only from $27.54! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni: Volume II: Books V-VIII more books like this by Houts Van, William, Elisabeth M Van Houts (Editor) see all copies from $116.98! new only from $116.98! \| SVS
7	The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni: Volume 1: Introduction and Books I-IV more books like this by Elisabeth M Van Houts, William, Elisabeth M C Van Houts (Editor) see all copies from $109.16! new only from $109.16! \| SVS
8	A Companion to the Anglo-Norman World more books like this by Christopher Harper-Bill (Editor), Elisabeth Van Houts (Editor) "With its wealth of information and skillful display, the book is a very useful companion for any traveler through this crowded territory" - "English Historical Review". By the time of the Conquest, the Normans had been established in Normandy for over a hundred and fifty years. They had transformed themselves from pagan Northmen into Christian ... see all copies from $31.28! new only from $31.28! \| SVS
9	History and Family Traditions in England and the Continent, 1000-1200 more books like this by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts The Normans in France and England left a wealth of historiography and literature. This book deals with the Scandinavian inheritance, which together with Danish England and Byzantium led to a mix of pagan and ecclesiastical themes. The author then analyzes the propaganda that followed the Norman conquest of England, in which the panegyrics written ... see all copies from $108.08! new only from $108.08!

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