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Elie Halévy : an intellectual biography
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ISBN: 0231048564 9780231048569 Year: 1980 Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press,

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Historical writing in England. [Vol. I], c. 550 to c. 1307
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ISBN: 071000480X 071007476X 9780710074768 Year: 1974 Publisher: London : Routledge and Kegan Paul,


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Memory and myths of the Norman Conquest
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ISBN: 9781843838524 1843838524 9781782041627 1782041621 Year: 2013 Volume: 3 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,

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The Norman Conquest is one of the most significant events in British history - but how is it actually remembered and perceived today? This book offers a study of contemporary British memory of the Norman Conquest, focussing on shared knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. A major source of evidence for its findings are references to the Norman Conquest in contemporary British newspaper articles: 807 articles containing references to the Conquest were collected from ten British newspapers, covering a recent three year period. A second important source of information is a quantitative survey for which a representative sample of 2000 UK residents was questioned. These sources are supplemented by the study of contemporary books and film material, as well as medieval chronicles for comparative purposes, and the author also drawns on cultural theory to highlight the characteristics and functions of distant memory and myth. The investigation culminates in considering the potential impact of memory of the Norman Conquest in Britain today. Siobhan Brownlie is a Lecturer in the School of Arts, Languages & Cultures at the University of Manchester.

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