Books by Elizabeth M Tyler
Cambridge History of Historical Writing: Britain and Ireland, 500-1500, 2020
History writing in the Middle Ages did not belong to any particular genre, language or class of t... more History writing in the Middle Ages did not belong to any particular genre, language or class of texts. Its remit was wide, embracing the events of antiquity; the deeds of saints, rulers and abbots; archival practices; and contemporary reportage. This volume addresses the challenges presented by medieval historiography by using the diverse methodologies of medieval studies: legal and literary history, art history, religious studies, codicology, the history of the emotions, gender studies and critical race theory. Spanning one thousand years of historiography in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the essays map historical thinking across literary genres and expose the rich veins of national mythmaking tapped into by medieval writers. Additionally, they attend to the ways in which medieval histories crossed linguistic and geographical borders. Together, they trace multiple temporalities and productive anachronisms that fuelled some of the most innovative medieval writing.
Introduction Jennifer Jahner, Emily Steiner and Elizabeth M. Tyler
Part I. Time:
1. Gildas Magali Coumert
2. Monastic history and memory Thomas O'Donnell
3. Apocalypse and/as history Richard K. Emmerson
4. The Brut: legendary British history Jaclyn Rajsic
5. Genealogies Marie Turner
6. Anglo-Saxon futures: writing England's ethical past, before and after 1066 Cynthia Turner Camp
7. Pagan histories/Pagan fictions Christine Chism
Part II. Place:
8. Mental maps: sense of place in medieval British historical writing Sarah Foot
9. Viking armies and their historical legacy across England's North-South divide, c.790–c.1100 Paul Gazzoli
10. Cross-channel networks of history writing: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Elizabeth M. Tyler
11. Creating and curating an archive: Bury St Edmunds and its Anglo-Saxon past Kathryn A. Lowe
12. Historical writing in medieval Wales Owain Wyn Jones and Huw Pryce
13. Scotland and Anglo-Scottish border writing Kate Ash-Irisarri
14. London histories George Shuffelton
15. History at the Universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Paris Charles F. Briggs
Part III. Practice:
16. The professional historians of medieval Ireland Katherine Simms
17. Gender and the subjects of history in the early Middle Ages Clare A. Lees
18. Historical writing in medieval Britain: the case of Matthew Paris Björn Weiler
19. Vernacular historiography Matthew Fisher
20. Tall tales from the archive Andrew Prescott
21. History in print from Caxton to 1543 A. S. G. Edwards
Part IV. Genre:
22. Chronicle and romance Robert Rouse
23. Forgery as historiography Alfred Hiatt
24. Hagiography Catherine Sanok
25. Writing in the tragic mode Thomas A. Prendergast
26. Crisis and nation in fourteenth-century English chronicles Andrew Galloway
27. Polemical history and the Wars of the Roses Sarah L. Peverley.
Papers by Elizabeth M Tyler
Journal of Medieval History, 2021
This article explores the language in which history was written in ninth-century Britain and Irel... more This article explores the language in which history was written in ninth-century Britain and Ireland, focusing on accounts concerned with origins. It takes an entangled approach to the written vernacular and is concerned with how insular history-writing, whether in a vernacular language or Latin, was an integral part of a wider Latinate European story. Differences in language choice come more clearly into view, facilitating the exploration of the development of vernacular writing and the theory and practice of vernacularisation. The discussion is structured around three case studies, spanning Wales, Ireland and England. What emerges through comparative study is that linguistic theorisation and multilingual interactions both shaped language choice and were themes of the origin legends themselves, whether explicitly or implicitly. The need for vernacular languages, just like Latin, to have sustained institutional support in order to flourish is also underlined.
[Forthcoming, <Medieval Historical Writing in Britain and Ireland, 500-1500> ed. Jennifer Jahner,... more [Forthcoming, <Medieval Historical Writing in Britain and Ireland, 500-1500> ed. Jennifer Jahner, Emily Steiner and Elizabeth Tyler]
Universal Chronicles in the High Middle Ages, edited by Michele Campopiano and Henry Bainton, 2017
Latinity and Identity in Anglo-Saxon England, edited by Rebecca Stephenson and Emily Thornbury, 2016
Interfaces. A Journal of Medieval European LIteratures
paolo borsa christian høgel la rs boje mor tensen elizabe th t yler What is Medieval European Lit... more paolo borsa christian høgel la rs boje mor tensen elizabe th t yler What is Medieval European Literature? The editors of Interfaces explain the scope and purpose of the new journal by mapping out the significance and possible meanings of the three key terms of the subtitle: 'literature' , 'medieval' , 'Europe' . The specific theme of Issue 1 is introduced: "Histories of European Literatures: New Patterns of Representation and Explanation. " With respect to this theme, theoretical problems concerning teleology and the present possibilities for literary historical narratives are raised. Finally the editors state the journal's commitment to a scholarly forum which is non-profit and openaccess. The bibliography refers to key critical reading which shapes the journal's approach to medieval European literatures.
Cambridge History of Early Medieval English, 2011
Review of English Studies, 2013
Conceptualizing Multilingualism in England, c. 800-c.1250, 2011
Conceptualizing Multilingualism in Medieval England, c800-c1250, 2011
Anglo-Norman Studies, 2009
Language and Culture in Medieval Britain The French of England, c.1100-c.1500, 2009
Early Medieval Europe, 2005
Viator, 2005
The Encomium Emmae Reginae is a highly crafted account of the Danish conquest, and then rule, of ... more The Encomium Emmae Reginae is a highly crafted account of the Danish conquest, and then rule, of England in the first half of the eleventh century. 1 The author of the Encomium was probably a monk from the Flemish monastery of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer. He wrote, as he tells us, to support Queen Emma's interests amidst the complex dynastic politics of the early 1040s-the fallout from conquest and from divisive rival claims to the kingdom. 2 The Encomiast's version of events begins with Svein Forkbeard's reign as king of Denmark and his efforts to conquer England in the second decade of the eleventh century. Then he tells how, after defeating King AEthelred II, Svein's son Cnut finally achieved a more lasting conquest of England. The Encomiast goes on to attribute Cnut's long and peaceful rule in part to his marriage to Emma, widow of AEthelred. A period of instability, much lamented by the Encomiast, followed the death of Cnut in 1035. According to the Encomiast, this unrest was not resolved until 1040 when, as he recounts in the final section of his text, Harthacnut, Emma's son by Cnut, succeeded to the kingdom and shared its rule with his halfbrother, Edward the Confessor. In fact, this period of tranquility being celebrated by the Encomiast was illusory, and it masks the factionalism threatening Emma's position as the period of Danish rule in England drew, turbulently, to a close. The Encomiast is thus presenting a particular picture of past glory and present peace as part of a deliberate attempt to intervene, on Emma's behalf, in the politics of the Anglo-Danish court.
Symposia, Conferences, Workshops by Elizabeth M Tyler
by Foteini Spingou, Michael Höckelmann, Ming Kin Chu, Christophe Erismann, Bram Fauconnier, Michael Fuller, Elena Gittleman, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Marina Loukaki, Christopher Nugent, Daphne (Dafni) / Δάφνη Penna / Πέννα, Alberto Rigolio, Jonathan Skaff, Elizabeth M Tyler, Milan Vukašinović, and Julian Yolles The PAIXUE symposium explores how public performances of classicising learning (however defined i... more The PAIXUE symposium explores how public performances of classicising learning (however defined in different cultures) influenced and served imperial or state power in premodern political systems across Eurasia and North Africa.
Further information in: http://paixue.shca.ed.ac.uk/node/12
Interfaces Journal by Elizabeth M Tyler
Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 2017
Contents:
"Introduction to Interfaces 4" (The Editors: Paolo Borsa, Christian Høgel, Lars Boje... more Contents:
"Introduction to Interfaces 4" (The Editors: Paolo Borsa, Christian Høgel, Lars Boje Mortensen, Elizabeth Tyler); "Epistolary Documents in High-Medieval History-Writing" (Henry Bainton); "Measuring the Measuring Rod: Bible and Parabiblical Texts within the History of Medieval Literature" (Lucie Doležalová); "The Peripheral Centre: Writing History on the Western ‘Fringe’" (Máire Ní Mhaonaigh); "La edición del libro sagrado: el ‘paradigma alejandrino’ de Homero al Shahnameh" (Isabel Varillas Sánchez); "Voicing your Voice: The Fiction of a Life. Early Twelfth-Century Letter Collections and the Case of Bernard of Clairvaux" (Wim Verbaal); "The Formation of an Old Norse Skaldic School Canon in the Early Thirteenth Century" (Jonas Wellendorf)
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Books by Elizabeth M Tyler
Introduction Jennifer Jahner, Emily Steiner and Elizabeth M. Tyler
Part I. Time:
1. Gildas Magali Coumert
2. Monastic history and memory Thomas O'Donnell
3. Apocalypse and/as history Richard K. Emmerson
4. The Brut: legendary British history Jaclyn Rajsic
5. Genealogies Marie Turner
6. Anglo-Saxon futures: writing England's ethical past, before and after 1066 Cynthia Turner Camp
7. Pagan histories/Pagan fictions Christine Chism
Part II. Place:
8. Mental maps: sense of place in medieval British historical writing Sarah Foot
9. Viking armies and their historical legacy across England's North-South divide, c.790–c.1100 Paul Gazzoli
10. Cross-channel networks of history writing: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Elizabeth M. Tyler
11. Creating and curating an archive: Bury St Edmunds and its Anglo-Saxon past Kathryn A. Lowe
12. Historical writing in medieval Wales Owain Wyn Jones and Huw Pryce
13. Scotland and Anglo-Scottish border writing Kate Ash-Irisarri
14. London histories George Shuffelton
15. History at the Universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Paris Charles F. Briggs
Part III. Practice:
16. The professional historians of medieval Ireland Katherine Simms
17. Gender and the subjects of history in the early Middle Ages Clare A. Lees
18. Historical writing in medieval Britain: the case of Matthew Paris Björn Weiler
19. Vernacular historiography Matthew Fisher
20. Tall tales from the archive Andrew Prescott
21. History in print from Caxton to 1543 A. S. G. Edwards
Part IV. Genre:
22. Chronicle and romance Robert Rouse
23. Forgery as historiography Alfred Hiatt
24. Hagiography Catherine Sanok
25. Writing in the tragic mode Thomas A. Prendergast
26. Crisis and nation in fourteenth-century English chronicles Andrew Galloway
27. Polemical history and the Wars of the Roses Sarah L. Peverley.
Papers by Elizabeth M Tyler
Symposia, Conferences, Workshops by Elizabeth M Tyler
Further information in: http://paixue.shca.ed.ac.uk/node/12
Interfaces Journal by Elizabeth M Tyler
"Introduction to Interfaces 4" (The Editors: Paolo Borsa, Christian Høgel, Lars Boje Mortensen, Elizabeth Tyler); "Epistolary Documents in High-Medieval History-Writing" (Henry Bainton); "Measuring the Measuring Rod: Bible and Parabiblical Texts within the History of Medieval Literature" (Lucie Doležalová); "The Peripheral Centre: Writing History on the Western ‘Fringe’" (Máire Ní Mhaonaigh); "La edición del libro sagrado: el ‘paradigma alejandrino’ de Homero al Shahnameh" (Isabel Varillas Sánchez); "Voicing your Voice: The Fiction of a Life. Early Twelfth-Century Letter Collections and the Case of Bernard of Clairvaux" (Wim Verbaal); "The Formation of an Old Norse Skaldic School Canon in the Early Thirteenth Century" (Jonas Wellendorf)
Introduction Jennifer Jahner, Emily Steiner and Elizabeth M. Tyler
Part I. Time:
1. Gildas Magali Coumert
2. Monastic history and memory Thomas O'Donnell
3. Apocalypse and/as history Richard K. Emmerson
4. The Brut: legendary British history Jaclyn Rajsic
5. Genealogies Marie Turner
6. Anglo-Saxon futures: writing England's ethical past, before and after 1066 Cynthia Turner Camp
7. Pagan histories/Pagan fictions Christine Chism
Part II. Place:
8. Mental maps: sense of place in medieval British historical writing Sarah Foot
9. Viking armies and their historical legacy across England's North-South divide, c.790–c.1100 Paul Gazzoli
10. Cross-channel networks of history writing: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Elizabeth M. Tyler
11. Creating and curating an archive: Bury St Edmunds and its Anglo-Saxon past Kathryn A. Lowe
12. Historical writing in medieval Wales Owain Wyn Jones and Huw Pryce
13. Scotland and Anglo-Scottish border writing Kate Ash-Irisarri
14. London histories George Shuffelton
15. History at the Universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Paris Charles F. Briggs
Part III. Practice:
16. The professional historians of medieval Ireland Katherine Simms
17. Gender and the subjects of history in the early Middle Ages Clare A. Lees
18. Historical writing in medieval Britain: the case of Matthew Paris Björn Weiler
19. Vernacular historiography Matthew Fisher
20. Tall tales from the archive Andrew Prescott
21. History in print from Caxton to 1543 A. S. G. Edwards
Part IV. Genre:
22. Chronicle and romance Robert Rouse
23. Forgery as historiography Alfred Hiatt
24. Hagiography Catherine Sanok
25. Writing in the tragic mode Thomas A. Prendergast
26. Crisis and nation in fourteenth-century English chronicles Andrew Galloway
27. Polemical history and the Wars of the Roses Sarah L. Peverley.
Further information in: http://paixue.shca.ed.ac.uk/node/12
"Introduction to Interfaces 4" (The Editors: Paolo Borsa, Christian Høgel, Lars Boje Mortensen, Elizabeth Tyler); "Epistolary Documents in High-Medieval History-Writing" (Henry Bainton); "Measuring the Measuring Rod: Bible and Parabiblical Texts within the History of Medieval Literature" (Lucie Doležalová); "The Peripheral Centre: Writing History on the Western ‘Fringe’" (Máire Ní Mhaonaigh); "La edición del libro sagrado: el ‘paradigma alejandrino’ de Homero al Shahnameh" (Isabel Varillas Sánchez); "Voicing your Voice: The Fiction of a Life. Early Twelfth-Century Letter Collections and the Case of Bernard of Clairvaux" (Wim Verbaal); "The Formation of an Old Norse Skaldic School Canon in the Early Thirteenth Century" (Jonas Wellendorf)