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Based on new readings of some of the least-read texts by some of the best-known scribes of later medieval England, Scribal Authorship and the Writing of History in Medieval England reconceptualizes medieval scribes as authors, and the texts surviving in medieval manuscripts as authored. Culling evidence from history writing in later medieval England, Matthew Fisher concludes that we must reject the axiomatic division between scribe and author. Using the peculiarities of authority and intertextuality unique to medieval historiography, Fisher exposes the rich ambiguities of what it means for medieval scribes to "write" books. He thus frames the composition, transmission, and reception--indeed, the authorship--of some medieval texts as scribal phenomena. History writing is an inherently intertextual genre: in order to write about the past, texts must draw upon other texts. Scribal Authorship demonstrates that medieval historiography relies upon quotation, translation, and adaptation in such a way that the very idea that there is some line that divides author from scribe is an unsustainable and modern critical imposition. Given the reality that a scribe's work was far more nuanced than the simplistic binary of error and accuracy would suggest, Fisher completely overturns many of our assumptions about the processes through which manuscripts were assembled and texts (both canonical literature and the less obviously literary) were composed.

Authorship --- Scribes --- Historiography --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Art d'écrire --- Historiographie --- Manuscrits médiévaux --- History --- Histoire --- 091:930 --- 091 <41> --- 091 <41> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 091:930 Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- History. --- Authoring (Authorship) --- Writing (Authorship) --- Literature --- Copyists --- Historical criticism --- Criticism

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Manuscripts, Latin --- History --- Philosophy --- Manuscripts --- Biblioteca apostolica vaticana --- 091 <456.31> --- 091 <43 HEIDELBERG> --- 091:930 --- 091:1 --- 091 =71 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Vaticaanstad. Kerkelijke Staat --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--HEIDELBERG --- Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Handschriften i.v.m. wijsbegeerte --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Latijn --- 091 =71 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Latijn --- 091:1 Handschriften i.v.m. wijsbegeerte --- 091:930 Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- 091 <43 HEIDELBERG> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--HEIDELBERG --- 091 <456.31> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Vaticaanstad. Kerkelijke Staat --- Catalogs --- Manuscripts, Latin - Vatican City - Catalogs --- Manuscripts, Latin - Germany - Heidelberg - Catalogs --- History - Manuscripts - Catalogs --- Philosophy - Manuscripts - Catalogs --- Mss Vatican. Fonds Palatin --- Roma --- Biblioteca Vaticana --- Catalogue de manuscrits

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World history --- Manuscripts --- Sources --- 091 <43 KASSEL> --- 091:930 --- -World history --- -Universal history --- History --- Codices --- Books --- Nonbook materials --- Archival materials --- Charters --- Codicology --- Diplomatics --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Paleography --- Transmission of texts --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--KASSEL --- Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse --- -Library --- Gesamthochschul-Bibliothek Kassel --- Hesse (Germany). --- Gesamthochschulbibliothek Kassel --- Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel und Landesbibliothek --- Universitätsbibliothek Kassel --- -Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--KASSEL --- 091:930 Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- 091 <43 KASSEL> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--KASSEL --- -091:930 Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Universal history --- Wilhelm --- Wilhelm, --- Wilhelmus, --- Gulielmus, --- Library --- Universitätsbibliothek Kassel - Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel --- Guillaume --- Cassel, Guillaume de Hesse-, --- Hesse-Cassel, Guillaume de, --- Hessen, Guillaume de, --- Hessen-Kassel, Wilhelm von, --- Kassel, Wilhelm von Hessen-, --- William --- World history - Manuscripts - Catalogs. --- World history - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs. --- Manuscripts - Germany - Kassel - Catalogs. --- Mss Kassel --- Mss histoire --- Catalogue de manuscrits --- Universitäts-Bibliothek --- Landesbibliothek --- Murhardsche Bibliothek --- Kassel

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History was a subject popular with authors and readers in the Anglo-Norman world. The volume and richness of historical writing in the lands controlled by the kings of England, particularly from the twelfth century, has long attracted the attention of historians and literary scholars, whilst editions of works by such writers as Orderic Vitalis, John of Worcester, Symeon of Durham, William of Malmesbury, Gerald of Wales, Roger of Howden, and Matthew Paris has made them well known. Yet the easy availability of modern editions obscures both the creation and circulation of histories in the Middle Ages. This collection of essays returns to the processes involved in writing history, and in particular to the medieval manuscript sources in which the works of such historians survive. It explores the motivations of those writing about the past in the Middle Ages, and the evidence provided by manuscripts for the circumstances in which copies were made. It also addresses the selection of material for copying, combinations of text and imagery, and the demand for copies of particular works, shedding new light on how and why history was being read, reproduced, discussed, adapted, and written. Laura Cleaver is the Ussher Lecturer in Medieval Art, Trinity College Dublin; Andrea Worm is an Assistant Professor at the Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz. Contributors: Stephen Church, Kathryn Gerry, Anne Lawrence-Mathers, Laura Pani, Charles C. Rozier, Gleb Schmidt, Laura Slater, Michael Staunton, Caoimhe Whelan

Manuscripts, Medieval --- History in literature --- Medieval manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Great Britain --- History --- Historiography --- 091:930 --- 091 <41> --- 091 <44> --- 091 "10/12" --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--11e/13e eeuw. Periode 1000-1299. --- 091 <44> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Frankrijk --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Frankrijk --- 091:930 Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland $2 UDC --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--11e/13e eeuw. Periode 1000-1299 --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- Manuscripts, English (Old) --- Historiography. --- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts --- English manuscripts, Old --- Manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon --- Manuscripts, Old English --- Old English manuscripts --- English manuscripts (Middle) --- Manuscripts, Middle English --- Middle English manuscripts --- Anglo-Norman World. --- Anglo-Norman world. --- Gerald of Wales. --- Interpretation. --- John of Worcester. --- Makers. --- Manuscript Sources. --- Manuscripts. --- Matthew Paris. --- Medieval History. --- Medieval Manuscripts. --- Middle Ages. --- Norman Settlement. --- Orderic Vitalis. --- Readers. --- Roger of Howden. --- Symeon of Durham. --- William of Malmesbury. --- Writing History. --- historical writing. --- manuscript sources.

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The early-twelfth-century Book of Llandaf is rightly notorious for its bogus documents - but it also provides valuable information on the early medieval history of south-east Wales and the adjacent parts of England. This study focuses on its 159 charters, which purport to date from the fifth century to the eleventh, arguing that most of them are genuine seventh-century and later documents that were adapted and "improved" to impress Rome and Canterbury in the context of Bishop Urban of Llandaf's struggles in 1119-34 against the bishops of St Davids and Hereford and the "invasion" of monks from English houses such as Gloucester and Tewkesbury. After assembling other evidence for the existence of pre-twelfth-century Welsh charters, the author defends the authenticity of most of the Llandaf charters' witness lists, elucidates their chronology, and analyses the processes of manipulation and expansion that led to the extant Book of Llandaf. This leads him to reassess the extent to which historians can exploit the rehabilitated charters as an indicator of social and economic change between the seventh and eleventh centuries and as a source for the secular and ecclesiastical history of south-east Wales and western England.

930.22 <41> --- 091:930 --- 091.14 --- 091 <41 ABERYSTWYTH> --- 091 <41 ABERYSTWYTH> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--ABERYSTWYTH --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--ABERYSTWYTH --- 091.14 Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- 091:930 Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- Handschriften i.v.m. geschiedenis --- 930.22 <41> Bronnenstudie. Oorkondenleer. Diplomatiek--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Bronnenstudie. Oorkondenleer. Diplomatiek--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Liber landavensis. --- Liber landavensis, Llyfr Teilo --- Liber landavensis, Llyfr Teils --- Ancient register of the cathedral church of Llandaff --- Book of Llandaf --- Llandaff (Wales) --- Llandaff, Wales --- Landaffe (Wales) --- Llandaf (Wales) --- Llandaff (South Glamorgan) --- Church history. --- Historiography. --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- Criticism --- Historiography --- History. --- Bishop Urban of Llandaf. --- Book of Llandaf. --- England. --- authenticity. --- charters. --- ecclesiastical history. --- historical source. --- medieval documents. --- south-east Wales.