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The cartularies and registers of Peterborough Abbey
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ISBN: 0901275395 Year: 1978 Volume: 1 28 Publisher: [Peterborough] : Northamptonshire Record Society on behalf of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough,

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Charters of Peterborough abbey
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ISBN: 9780197264386 0197264387 Year: 2009 Volume: 14 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

The other economy : pastoral husbandry on a medieval estate
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ISBN: 0520063880 058521106X Year: 1989 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,


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The Peterborough version of the Anglo-Saxon chronicle : rewriting post-conquest history
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ISBN: 9781783270019 9781782044697 1782044698 1783270012 Year: 2015 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,

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In the twelfth century, a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was rewritten at Peterborough Abbey, welding local history into an established framework of national events. This text has usually been regarded as an exception, a vernacular Chronicle written in a period dominated by Latin histories. This study, however, breaks new ground by considering the Peterborough Chronicle as much more than just an example of the accidental longevity of the Chronicle tradition. Close analysis reveals unique interpretations of events, and a very strong sense of communal identity, suggesting that the construction of this text was not a marginal activity, but one essential to the articulation of the abbey's image. This text also participates in a vibrant post-Conquest textual culture, in particular at Canterbury, including the writing of the bilingual F version of the Chronicle; its symbiotic relationship witha wider corpus of Latin historiography thus indicates the presence of shared sources. The incorporation of alternative generic types in the text also suggests the presence of formal hybridity, a further testament to a fluid and adaptable textual culture. Dr Malasree Home teaches at Newcastle University.

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