The Soil's Holy Bodies: The Art of Chorography in William of Malmesbury's Gesta Pontificum Anglorum.

This article contends that chorography was instrumental to national identity in the century following the Norman Invasion. William of Malmesbury's Gesta Pontificum Anglorum, in particular, uses the rhetoric of travelogues, perambulation, and visual description to write a history of England that reco...

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Publicado en:	Studies in Philology Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 652 - 680
Autor principal:	Breckenridge Wright, Sarah
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of North Carolina Press Fall2014
Materias:	William, of Malmesbury, ca. 1090-1143 British history Travelers' writings Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (Book) Collective memory National character Nationalism
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