Charles C. Rozier & Daniel Roach 
Orderic Vitalis: Life, Works and Interpretations 

First full-length collection on one of the most significant and influential historians of the medieval period.


The
Gesta Normannorum ducum and
Historia ecclesiastica of Orderic Vitalis are widely regarded as landmarks in the development of European historical writing and, as such, are essential sources of medieval history forstudents and scholars alike. The essays here consider Orderic’s life and works, presenting new research on existing topics within Orderic studies and opening up new directions for future analysis and debate. They offer fresh interpretations from across the disciplines of medieval manuscript studies, English-language studies, archaeology, theology, and cultural memory studies; they also revisit established readings.


CHARLES C. ROZIER gained his Ph D from the University of Durham; DANIEL ROACH gained his Ph D from the University of Exeter; GILES E.M. GASPER is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Durham; ELIZABETH VAN HOUTS is Honorary Professor of Medieval European History, University of Cambridge.


Contributors: William M. Aird, Emily Albu, James G. Clark, Vincent Debiais, Mark Faulkner, Giles E. M. Gasper, Véronique Gazeau, Estelle Ingrand-Varenne, Elisabeth Mégier, Thomas O’Donnell, Benjamin Pohl, Daniel Roach, Thomas Roche, Charles C. Rozier, Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn, Kathleen Thompson, Elisabeth van Houts, Anne-Sophie Vigot, Jenny Weston

Cuprins

Introduction: Interpreting Orderic Vitalis – Charles C. Rozier and Daniel Roach

Orderic and His Father Odelerius – Elisabeth M C van Houts

Following the Master’s Lead: The Script of Orderic Vitalis & the Discovery of a New Manuscript (Rouen, BM, 540) – Jenny Weston

Orderic as Librarian and Cantor of Saint-Évroul – Charles C. Rozier

Orderic and English – Mark Faulkner

Saint-Évroul and Southern Italy in Orderic’s
Historia ecclesiastica – Daniel Roach

Reading Orderic Vitalis with Charters in Mind – Thomas Roche

Inscriptions in Orderic’s
Historia ecclesiastica: a Writing Technique Between History and Poetry – Vincent Debias

Inscriptions in Orderic’s
Historia ecclesiastica: a Writing Technique Between History and Poetry – Estelle Ingrand-Varenne

Orderic Vitalis and the Cult of Saints – Véronique Gazeau

Orderic’s Secular Rulers and Representations of Personality and Power in the
Historia ecclesiastica – William M. Aird

Worldly Woe and Heavenly Joy: The Tone of the
Historia ecclesiastica – Emily Albu

Jesus Christ, a Protagonist of Anglo-Norman History? History and Theology in Orderic Vitalis’
Historia ecclesiastica – Elisabeth Megier

Orderic Vitalis, Historical Writing and a Theology of Reckoning – Giles E.M. Gasper

Studiosi abdita investigant: Orderic Vitalis and The Mystical Morals of History – Sigbjorn Olsen Sonnesyn

Meanders, Loops, and Dead Ends: Literary Form and the Common Life in Orderic’s
Historia ecclesiastica – Thomas O’Donnell

Orderic and the Tironensians – Kathleen Thompson

‘One single letter remained in excess of all his sins.’ Orderic Vitalis and Cultural Memory – Benjamin Pohl

The Reception of Orderic Vitalis in the Later Middle Ages – James G. Clark

New Archaeological Investigations at the Abbey of Saint-Évroul-nôtre-Dame-des-bois – Anne-Sophie Vigot

Appendix: Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts Featuring the Hand of Orderic Vitalis – Jenny Weston

Appendix: Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts Featuring the Hand of Orderic Vitalis – Charles C. Rozier

Bibliography

Index of Manuscripts Cited

Despre autor

THOMAS O’DONNELL is Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Fordham University, New York, USA.