Reversing the Conquest
Author | : Clare A. Simmons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Clare A. Simmons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Clare A. Simmons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1990-09-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780813515496 |
Author | : Clare A. Simmons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 778 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Aesthetics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bruce R. O'Brien |
Publisher | : University of Delaware |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1611490537 |
Reversing Babel: Translation among the English during an Age of Conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200, starts with a small puzzle: Why did the Normans translate English law, the law of the people they had conquered, from Old English into Latin? Solving this puzzle meant asking questions about what medieval writers thought about language and translation, what created the need and desire to translate, and how translators went about the work. These are the questions Reversing Babel attempts to answer by providing evidence that comes from the world in which not just Norman translators of law but any translators of any texts, regardless of languages, did their translating Reversing Babel reaches back from 1066 to the translation work done in an earlier conquest-a handful of important works translated in the ninth century in response to the alleged devastating effect of the Viking invasions-and carries the analysis up to the wave of Anglo-French translations created in the late twelfth century when England was a part of a large empire, ruled by a king from Anjou who held power not only in western France from Normandy in the north to the Pyrenees in the south, but also in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. In this longer and wider view, the impact of political events on acts of translation is more easily weighed against the impact of other factors such as geography, travel, trade, community, trends in learning, ideas about language, and habits of translation. These factors colored the contact situations created in England between speakers and readers of different languages during perhaps the most politically unstable period in English history. The variety of medieval translation among the English, and among those translators working in the greater empires of Cnut, the Normans, and the Angevins, is remarkable. Reversing Babel does not try to describe all of it; rather, it charts a course through the evidence and tries to answer the fundamental questions medieval historians should ask when their sources are medieval translations.
Author | : Robert Allen Rouse |
Publisher | : DS Brewer |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843840411 |
Using a variety of texts, but the Matter of England romances in particular, the author argues that they show a continued interest in the Anglo-Saxon past, from the localised East Sussex legend of King Alfred that underlies the twelfth-century Proverbs of Alfred, to the institutional interest in the Guy of Warwick narrative exhibited by the community of St Swithun's Priory in Winchester during the fifteenth century; they are part of a continued cultural remembrance that encompasses chronicles, folk memories, and literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Sarah Foot |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011-07-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0300125356 |
The powerful and innovative King Athelstan reigned only briefly (924-939), yet his achievements during those eventful 15 years changed the course of English history. In this biography, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.
Author | : John D. Niles |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2015-09-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1118943325 |
The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901 presents the first systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century Tells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and some of their most cherished institutions Combines original research with established scholarship to reveal how current conceptions of English identity might be very different if it were not for the discovery – and invention – of the Anglo-Saxon past Reveals how documents dating from the Anglo-Saxon era have greatly influenced modern attitudes toward nationhood, race, religious practice, and constitutional liberties Includes more than fifty images of manuscripts, early printed books, paintings, sculptures, and major historians of the era
Author | : Brook Thomas |
Publisher | : Gunter Narr Verlag |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 9783823341680 |
Author | : Christopher Harper-Bill |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781843833406 |
Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs & domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, & his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers of his time. Best known for his dramatic conflicts, it was also a crucial period in the evolution of legal & governmental institutions.
Author | : Nicholas Mirzoeff |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2023-07-19 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1000891585 |
In the fully rewritten third edition of this classic text, Nicholas Mirzoeff introduces visual culture as visual activism, or activating the visible. In this view, visual culture is a practice: a way of doing, making, and seeing. The 12 new chapters begin with five foundational concepts, including Indigenous ways of seeing, visual activism in the wake of slavery, and unfixing the gaze. The second section outlines three currently successful tactics of visual activism: removal of statues and monuments; restitution of cultural property; and practices of repair and reparations. The final section addresses catastrophe and trauma, from Palestine’s Nakba to the climate disaster and the intersections of plague and war. Each section also includes new, in-depth case studies called "Visualizations," ranging from oil painting to Kongo power figures and the mediated practice of taking a knee. Engaging with questions of racializing, colonialism, and undoing gender throughout, this edition maps the activist turn in the field since 2014 and sets directions for its future expansion. This is a key text in visual culture studies and an essential resource for research and teaching in the field.