{"product_id":"narratives-of-a-new-order-cistercian-historical-writing-in-england-1150-1220-hardcover","title":"Narratives of a New Order: Cistercian Historical Writing in England, 1150-1220 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe origins of the Cistercian monastic order are currently under intense scrutiny and revision, as scholars identify how the written word was used to 'invent' a unified corporate identity. Here Elizabeth Freeman examines the classic genre for inventing a past - the history, chronicle, and annal - and argues that historical narratives of the English Cistercians helped define the characteristics of both the new Cistercian monastic order and also the new orders of twelfth- and thirteenth-century England. She shows how Aelred of Rievaulx's \u003ci\u003eRelatio de standardo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGenealogia regum Anglorum\u003c\/i\u003e articulated new senses of Englishness, and demonstrates through attention to library holdings that this focus on national self-definition continued throughout the twelfth century. The \u003ci\u003eFundacio abbathie de Kyrkestall\u003c\/i\u003e shifts focus to local history and exploits Cistercian tropes of land-use in order to resolve the communal insecurity that characterised the Cistercians in around 1200. The \u003ci\u003eNarratione de fundatione Fontanis monasterii\u003c\/i\u003e features another method of reconciling the nostalgic quest for continuity with the intellectual recognition of change - it separates historical 'fact' from 'meaning' and imbues events with rich allegorical significance. Finally, Ralph of Coggeshall's \u003ci\u003eChronicon Anglicanum\u003c\/i\u003e indicates the multiple strategies Cistercian historians employed in order to turn the disparate and contradictory events of the past into a comprehensible and meaningful narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 245\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.94 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45775001288901,"sku":"9782503510903","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/eezithaNca9782503510903.webp?v=1770529290","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/narratives-of-a-new-order-cistercian-historical-writing-in-england-1150-1220-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}