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The Carmen de Hastingae proelio of Guy, Bishop of Amiens / (Record no. 633443)
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| fixed length control field | 01988nam a2200325 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260929s1999 xxk 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780198207580 |
| ISBN | 0198207581 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 873.03 |
| Item number | BAR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Amiens, Wido Bishop of |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Carmen de Hastingae proelio of Guy, Bishop of Amiens / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Wido Bishop of Amiens |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 55 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio is one of the most discussed sources for the Norman Conquest of England. Its authorship and date cannot be established entirely beyond dispute, but the weight of scholarly opinion supports a date of composition of 1068 or earlier, by Guy, bishop of Amiens, thus making it the earliest surviving account. It was known to Orderic Vitalis, one of the great chroniclers of the period, writing about 1124-5, and remains a source of intrinsic interest and importance. It is an epic poem, concerned with some of the most momentous events of a remarkable year, in which Halley's comet was a disturbing portent of undisclosed disasters." "For this second edition, Frank Barlow has written an entirely new and substantial historical introduction, incorporating the scholarly research of a generation. He has also provided a fresh translation and notes, as well as revising the |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066 -- Poetry. |
| Topical Term | Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English. |
| Topical Term | Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087 -- Poetry. |
| Topical Term | Poetry |
| Topical Term | Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066 |
| Topical Term | Translations into English |
| Topical Term | Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) |
| Topical Term | History |
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| -- | Oxford [England] : |
| -- | Clarendon Press, |
| -- | 1999 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 29.09.2026 | 873.03 BAR | 190640 | 29.09.2026 | Books |