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A study exploring the production of historical memory in the region of Puglia after it was subsumed by the new Kingdom of Sicily in 1130, assessing the significance of the apparent disappearance of traditional forms of Pugliese historical writing and analyzing the existence of other historical discourses embedded in surviving local documentation.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: Narratives of the Past: Historical writing and its disappearance
- 2: The Monarchy and Archival Searches
- 3: Iuratus et Interrogatus: inquest and history
- 4: The Papacy: Privilege and Dispute Resolution
- 5: In tempore: interwoven periodisations
- Conclusions
About the author
Paul Oldfield's research focuses primarily on the Medieval Mediterranean between 1000 and 1300, and specifically on southern Italy and Sicily. The main themes within his research revolve around urban communities, memory and saints' cults, and pilgrimage. H has written numerous articles, and book chapters, co-edited two volumes, and produced three monographs, including Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300 (OUP, 2019). Oldfield has been awarded research fellowships by the AHRC, British Academy, and the Leverhulme Trust, and he is currently a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester.
Summary
A study exploring the production of historical memory in the region of Puglia after it was subsumed by the new Kingdom of Sicily in 1130, assessing the significance of the apparent disappearance of traditional forms of Pugliese historical writing and analyzing the existence of other historical discourses embedded in surviving local documentation.
