The Anglo-Norman historical canon : : publishing and manuscript culture / / Jaakko Tahkokallio.

This Element is a contribution to the ongoing debate on what it meant to publish a book in manuscript. It offers case-studies of three twelfth-century Anglo-Norman historians: William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. It argues that the contemporary success and rapid atta...

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Superior document:Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture,
Physical Description:1 online resource (94 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jun 2019).
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Summary:This Element is a contribution to the ongoing debate on what it meant to publish a book in manuscript. It offers case-studies of three twelfth-century Anglo-Norman historians: William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. It argues that the contemporary success and rapid attainment of canonical authority for their histories was in significant measure the result of successfully conducted publishing activities. These activities are analysed using the concept of a 'publishing circle'. This concept, it is suggested, may have wider utility in the study of authorial publishing in a manuscript culture. This Element is also available as Open Access.
ISBN:1316999793
1108645119
110862488X
Access:Open Access title.
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Jaakko Tahkokallio.