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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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Antiquaries, book collectors and the circles of learning
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ISBN: 1873040296 1884718248 9781884718243 9781873040294 Year: 1996 Volume: *4 Publisher: Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies

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Reversing the Conquest : History and Myth in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
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ISBN: 0813515556 9780813515557 Year: 1990 Publisher: New Brunswick London Rutgers University Press

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