Literate Sociability and Historical Writing in Later Twelfth-Century England

TY - JOUR

T1 - Literate Sociability and Historical Writing in Later Twelfth-Century England

AU - Bainton, Henry

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - This essay draws out the connections between the performance of literary and historiographical texts – Wace's livres, estoires et gestes- and other public uses of the written word in the late twelfth century. More specifically, it explores how the recitation of documents could act as a form of public, and authorized, storytelling in the lands either side of the English Channel in the High Middle Ages.

AB - This essay draws out the connections between the performance of literary and historiographical texts – Wace's livres, estoires et gestes- and other public uses of the written word in the late twelfth century. More specifically, it explores how the recitation of documents could act as a form of public, and authorized, storytelling in the lands either side of the English Channel in the High Middle Ages.

M3 - Article

SN - 0954-9927

VL - 34

SP - 23

EP - 40

JO - Anglo-Norman Studies

JF - Anglo-Norman Studies

IS - N/A

ER -