A series which is a model of its kind. Edmund King, HistoryThe wide-ranging articles collected here represent the cutting edge of recent Anglo-Norman scholarship. Topics include English kingship, legends of the Battle of Bouvines, ideas of empire, the practicalities of child kingship, and female rulership in Brittany. The volume continues in its proud tradition of source analysis: there are studies of northern French urban franchises, and Norman charters and a logistical take on the making of the Domesday Book, while narrative sources are represented in the vernacular by a study of Herman of Valenciennes' Bible and in Latin by the historiography of Robert of Torigni and Ralph Niger. Further contributions focus on the twelfth-century ecclesiastical officers Abbot Peter the Venerable and Archbishop Thomas Becket, and the volume is completed with an analysis of the concept of economic resources with respect to Normandy. Contributors: Mathieu Arnoux, JamesBarnaby, Dominique Barthelemy, Thomas Bisson, Scott G. Bruce, Francis Gingras, Frédérique Lachaud, Anne E. Lester, C.P. Lewis, Amy Livingstone, Fanny Madeline, Nicholas Vincent, Emily Ward

English Kingship: the View from Paris, 1066-1204 - Nicholas VincentAudacity and Ambition in Early Norman England and the Big Stuff of the Conquest - C P LewisRessources et croissance dans le monde anglo-normand: sources et hypthèses - Mathieu ArnouxBecket vult: the Appropriation of St Thomas Becket's Image during the Canterbury Dispute, 1184-1200 - James BarnabyLa Bataille de Bouvines reconsiderée - Dominique BarthelemyAbbot Peter the Venerable's two Missions to England (1130 and 1155/1156) - Scott G. BruceLa production manuscrite anglo-normande et la Bible d'Herman de Valenciennes: usage et réception d'un livre vernaculaire (XIIe-XIVe siècles) - Francis GingrasRalph Niger and the Books of Kings - Frédérique LachaudFrom Captivity to Liberation: the Ideology and Practice of Franchise in Crusading France - Anne E. Lester'Daughter of Fulk, Glory of Brittany': Countess Ermengarde of Brittany, (c.1070-1147) - Amy LivingstoneThe Idea of 'Empire' as Hegemonic Power under the Norman and Plantagenet Kings (1066-1204) - Fanny MadelineChild Kingship and Notions of (Im)maturity in North-Western Europe, 1050-1262 - Emily WardA Micro-Economy of Salvation: Further Thoughts on the 'Annuary' of Robert of Torigni - Thomas Bisson