The Haskins Society Journal 18: 2006. Studies in Medieval History (Haskins Society Journal)

Fruits of the most recent research on the worlds of the eleventh and twelfth centuries are presented in this collection. It features several articles on textual criticism with important revisions to controversial texts and their readings, as well as pieces on cultural history, an investigation into monetary history, and analyses of the legal and political mechanisms of conquest. Contributors: MARTIN AURELL, NICHOLAS PAUL, ROBERT F. BERKHOFER III, STEFAN JURASINSKI, JULIE KERR, KIMM STARR-REID, TARA GALE, JOHN LANGDON, NATALIE LEISHMAN, ALAN M. STAHL, KENNETH PENNINGTON CONTENTS 6 EDITOR'S NOTE 8 ABBREVIATIONS 9 1. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance 12 2. The Chronicle of Fulk le Réchin: a Reassessment 30 3. The Canterbury Forgeries Revisited 47 4. Germanism, Slapping and the Cultural Contexts of Æthelberht’s Code: A Reconsideration of Chapters 56–58 62 5. Food, Drink and Lodging: Hospitality in Twelfth-Century England 83 6. Performing the Other in the History of the Kings of Britain 104 7. Piety and Political Accommodation in Norman England: The Case of the South-west 121 8. The Sterling Abroad 143 9. The Normans in Palermo: King Roger II’s Legislation 151