TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amiens,Wido Bishop of
TI  - The Carmen de Hastingae proelio of Guy, Bishop of Amiens
SN  - 9780198207580
U1  - 873.03 23
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Oxford [England]
PB  - Clarendon Press
KW  - Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066 -- Poetry
KW  - Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English
KW  - Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087 -- Poetry
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
KW  - History
N2  - "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
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