Royal Responsibility in Anglo-Norman Historical Writing

Cover
Royal Responsibility in Anglo-Norman Historical Writing
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Key Dates-Kings of England in the Eleventh Century
Genealogies
Part I: Structures of Historiography And Royal Responsibility
	1: Introduction
		On the Distribution of Responsibility
		Storylines of English History in the Twelfth Century
		William of Malmesbury: Invasion, Explanation, and Responsibility
		Henry of Huntingdon: Conquest and Tragedy
		John of Worcester: Crafting a new History
		GeffreI Gaimar: Every Noble´s England
		Structure of the Book
	2: The Foundations of Conditional Kingship
		A Prelude to Kingship
		Cicero: Moral and Causal Responsibility
		Biblical Precedents for Kingship: The Original Invasion Narratives
		Carolingian Models
			Mirrors for Princes: Reflection and Reality
			Invasion, Explanation, and Rule in the Carolingian World
			Penance, Punishment, and the Contingency of Rule
	3: Invasion, Explanation, and Responsibility in Anglo-Saxon England
		England´s Eleventh Century: A Guide to the Narrative
		Anglo-Saxon Precedents: Kingship, Invasion, and Explanation
			Invasion and Explanation in Early Insular Writing
			Responsibility in the Reign of King Alfred
			Ideals and the Distribution of Responsibility
			Late Anglo-Saxon England: Penance and Collective Sin
			Responsibilities Distributed
		Sources for Eleventh-Century England
			The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Background
			The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Danish Invasions
			Comparing Eleventh-Century Accounts of Both Conquests
			Providence, Responsibility, and Collective Sin in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Part II: Twelfth-Century England
	4: Within the Providential Plan
		Explanation, Reason, and Responsibility
		William of Malmesbury: Individual Responsibility
		Henry of Huntingdon: Tragedy and Agency
		Royal Responsibility Within the Divine Plan
	5: The Challenge to Providence: John and Gaimar
		The Disappearance of the Long-Term Cause
		John of Worcester: Patterns in Chaos
			King Edward as a Defender of England: A Case Study in Causation and the Redistribution of Responsibility
			Responsibility and Redemption
		Geffrei Gaimar and the Absence of Providence
		Intention and Loyalty
Part III: Royal Responsibility and the English
	6: Conditional Kingship: Expanding the Nature of the Succession
		William of Malmesbury: English Change and English Constancy
		Henry of Huntingdon: Humanity and Individual Will
		John of Worcester: Æthelings and Initiative
			Resolution and Reconciliation
			Three English Kings: Edward, Harold, and William I
		Geffrei Gaimar: Continuity of Office
		Concluding the Succession
	7: Conditional Kingship: Expectations for Kings
		Cnut: the Character of an English King
		William I: the Distinction of English Kingship
		Critiques of A King: the Role of Faults
		WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY ON KING EDWARD: A COUNTERPOINT OF CONDITIONAL KINGSHIP
		On Being English Kings
	8: Redeeming the English Past
		Redistributing Responsibility: Reasons and Rationales
		Diminishing the Consequences of Conquest
		Redistributing Responsibility: Rewriting the Resistance
		John and Gaimar on the English Defence: Intention, Influence, and Autonomy
		The English and their King: Mutual Loyalty
		Confidence in the English
			Gaimar´s Harold: A Hero, but not a King
			Henry: Sympathy for the English
		Redemption and Reality
	9: Conclusions: Conquest and Rulership
		Within and Without the Providential Plan
		Patterns of Historical Writing
		The Nature of English Kingship and the New English Past
		Re-Thinking England in the Eleventh Century
		The Paradoxes of Distributing Responsibility
		Royal Responsibility and Redeeming History
Bibliography
	1. Printed Primary Sources
	2. Secondary Sources
Index