Journal article
Imagining the medieval face of battle: the ‘Malfosse’ incident and the battle of Hastings, 1066–1200
- Abstract:
- One hundred years after the battle of Hastings (1066), two historians wished to ask new questions about what the experience of the battle was like. Their approach – both sophisticated and seemingly modern – supplemented existing knowledge with imaginative recreation to fashion a fuller historical account of the battle. This article analyses the reporting of the ‘Malfosse’ incident, a deadly quasi-legendary episode in the encounter, in Wace’s Roman de Rou and the anonymous Chronicle of Battle Abbey, in relation to their sources and the Bayeux Tapestry. It argues that the prospect of historical detachment galvanized chroniclers into narrating the battle in a way that centred on experience.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/hisres/htz008
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Historical Research More from this journal
- Volume:
- 93
- Issue:
- 259
- Pages:
- 2–22
- Publication date:
- 2020-01-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-02-11
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1468-2281
- ISSN:
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0950-3471
- Language:
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English
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pubs:985050
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pubs:985050
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985050
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2019-03-27
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- Copyright holder:
- Emily A Winkler
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © The Author 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Institute of Historical Research. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htz008
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