The Chronicle of Andres
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813229995 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Although his work was unfinished at his death, William's account is an unpolished gem of medieval historical writing. Early in the thirteenth century, the monks decided to sue for their freedom and appointed William as their protector. Upon winning his case, he was elected abbot on his return to Andres and enjoyed a flourishing career thereafter. Because William drew on the historiographic tradition of the Southern Low Countries, his text also offers some insights into this subject, thus composing a broad picture of the medieval European monastic world.. The Chronicle of Andres details the history of his monastery from its foundation in the late eleventh century through the early part of 1234. It is comparable in its frankness to Jocelin of Brakelord's Chronicle of Bury. Translated with Notes and Commentary by Leah ShopkowIn 1220 Abbot William of Andres, a monastery halfway between Calais and Saint-Omer on the busy road from London to Paris, sat down to write an ambitious cartulary-chronicle for his monastery. A decade after his victory, William decided to put the history of the monastery on a firm footing.This text not only offers insight into the practice of medieval canon law (from the perspective of a well-informed man with legal training), but also ecclesiastical policies, the dynamics of life within a monas
About the Author Leah Shopkow is associate professor of history at Indiana University and author ofHistory and Community: Norman Historical Writing in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (CUA Press)
Leah Shopkow is associate professor of history at Indiana University and author ofHistory and Community: Norman Historical Writing in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (CUA Press)