Gesta Normannorum Ducum
Gesta Normannorum Ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes) is a
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum by
Jules Lair undertook a modern translation, but the final work was interrupted by his death. The work was completed M. Jean Marx, a French scholar who published his translation in 1914.[5] The original version had ended with the Harrying of the North by the Conqueror in 1070, but a passage mentioning Robert Curthose as duke appears to be a revision sometime after 1087. However, there was no evidence that William made a continuation beyond 1070.[6] This text displays a difference from William's writing and so would seem to be of an unknown origin, but it was included by Marx in his translation, assuming it was by the original author.[6] The most recent translations were edited and translated by Elisabeth M.C. van Houts and were published in two volumes, volume I in 1992 and volume II in 1995, both by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.[7]
See also
Notes
- ^ For a detailed analysis of the Gesta Normannorum Ducum see; Elisabeth M.C. van Houts, 'The Gesta Normannorum Ducum: a history without an end', Anglo-Norman Studies III: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1980, Ed. R. Allen Brown (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1981), pp. 106-118.
References
- ^ a b c Emily Albu, The Normans in Their Histories (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2001), p. 51
- ^ Elisabeth M.C. van Houts, 'The Gesta Normannorum Ducum: a history without an end', Anglo-Norman Studies III: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1980, Ed. R. Allen Brown (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1981), p. 106
- ^ 'The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni. Vol. I: Introduction and Books I-IV by Elisabeth M. C. van Houts', Review by: D. J. A. Matthew, The English Historical Review, Vol. 110, No. 437 (Jun., 1995), p. 687
- ^ Emily Albu, The Normans in Their Histories (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2001), pp. 51-2
- ^ Elisabeth M.C. van Houts, 'The Gesta Normannorum Ducum: a history without an end', Anglo-Norman Studies III: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1980, Ed. R. Allen Brown (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1981), p. 107
- ^ a b 'Guillaume de Jumièges, Gesta Normannorum Ducum by Jean Marx', Review by: Charles H. Haskins, The English Historical Review, Vol. 31, No. 121 (Jan., 1916), p. 150
- ^ 'The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni. Vol. I: Introduction and Books I-IV by Elisabeth M. C. van Houts', Review by: D. J. A. Matthew, The English Historical Review, Vol. 110, No. 437 (Jun., 1995), pp. 687-688; 'The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni, Volume II: Books V-VIII by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts', Review by: Cassandra Potts, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring, 1997), pp. 82-83
Edition
- The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni. Edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.