Writers of the Reign of Henry II

RUTH KENNEDY is a Lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. SIMON MEECHAM-JONES is a Faculty Member of English at Cambridge University, UK.

Introduction; S.Meecham-Jones& R.Kennedy The Cultivation of History, Legend, and Courtesy at the Court of Henry II; J.Gillingham Latin and French as Languages of the Past in Normandy During the Reign of Henry II: Robert of Torigni, Stephen of Rouen, and Wace; E.van Houts An Intruder at the Feast? Anxiety and Debate in the Letters of Peter of Blois; N.Cartlidge "I Will not Stay Silent": Sovereignty and textual Identity in Walter of Chatillon's "Propter Sion non Tacebo"; S.Meecham-Jones Sex, Ghosts, and Dreams: Walter Map (1135?-1210?) and Gerald of Whales (1146-1223); T.Davenport Old English Textual Activity in the Reign of Henry II; M.Swan The Life of English in the Mid-Twelfth Century: Ralph D'Escures's Homily on the Virgin Mary; E.Treharne English Poetry of the Reign of Henry II; E.Solopova "Gloser La Lettre": Identity and Power in the Poetry of Marie De France; F. Le Saux The Meaning of Suffering: Symbolism an Antisymbolism in the Death of Tristan; L. Ashe Arthur, Emperors, and Architects: The Formation of the Arthurian Biography; J.Weiss Children of Anarchy: Anglo-Norman Romance in the Twelfth Century; R.Field