Repairing the loss of the past: the use of written, oral and physical evidence in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis (c.1113−42).
This article examines attitudes to sources in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis (c.1113−42). It is argued that as an experienced student of writing history, Orderic had learned to privilege written accounts over oral sources when dealing with the distant past. It is demonstrated that whe...
| Publicado en: | Historical Research Vol. 92; no. 257; pp. 461 - 479 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
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