Haskins Society Journal 30

<p>This volume of the <em>Haskins Society Journal</em> demonstrates the Society's continued interest in a broad range of geographical contexts and methodological approaches to medieval history. Chapters include a much-needed reassessment of Ælfthryth and her place in the society and governance of tenth-century England as well as a comprehensive survey of the conceptualization of excommunication in post-Carolingian Europe to c.1200. Further essays explore aspects of the Norman world of southern Italy including the dynamics of political coalitions and kinship networks ethnic identity and material culture. The <em>Journal</em> continues to highlight close analyses of key primary sources with a study of Angevin kingship in the writings of Hugh of Lincoln and Adam of Eynsham and an examination of Ralph of Niger's Old Testament exegesis and criticism of crusading in the late twelfth century. A ground-breaking new study assesses the utility of colonialism as a valid model for understanding the extraction of sacred resources and relics from the crusader lands. The volume closes with a crucial reconsideration of the agency and power of medieval French peasants as attested in medieval cartularies opening new approaches for further research into this critical and complex social group.<br /><br />Contributors: Mary Elizabeth Blanchard Constance B. Bouchard John Cotts Sarah Hamilton Ryan Kemp Markus Krumm Francesca Petrizzo William J. Purkiss Robin S. Reich</p>