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almahu_9947413025702882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781782041627 (ebook)
Content:
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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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Memory and Method -- Knowledge, Symbolization and Tradition -- Multiple Remediation -- Presentism and Multidirectionality -- Affective Mobility -- Mythologization: A Founding Myth -- A Time-honoured Myth -- Contradictory Myths -- Memorial and Mythic Functions -- Significance of Distant Memory -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781843838524
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782041627/type/BOOK
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