Family Trees and the Roots of Politics: The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century

437 Pages·1997·2.87 MB·English

by  K.S.B. Keats-Rohan

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title : Family Trees and the Roots of Politics : The Prosopography of
Britain and France From the Tenth to the Twelfth Century
author : Keats-Rohan, K. S. B.
publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin : 0851156258
print isbn13 : 9780851156255
ebook isbn13 : 9780585165080
language : English
subject Great Britain--Politics and government--1066-1485--
Historiography, Great Britain--Politics and government--449-
1066--Historiography, France--Politics and government--987-
1328--Historiography, Kinship--Political aspects--Great Britain,
Kinship--Political a
publication date : 1997
lcc : DA130.F36 1997eb
ddc : 941/.0072
subject : Great Britain--Politics and government--1066-1485--
Historiography, Great Britain--Politics and government--449-
1066--Historiography, France--Politics and government--987-
1328--Historiography, Kinship--Political aspects--Great Britain,
Kinship--Political a
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Family Trees and the Roots of Politics
The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth To the Twelfth Century
In recent decades historians have become increasingly aware of the value of prosopography as an auxiliary science
standing at the crossroads between anthropology, genealogy, demography and social history. It is now developing as an
independent research discipline of real benefit to medievalists. The geographically and chronologically wide-ranging
subjects of the essays in this collection, by scholars from the British Isles and the Continent, are united by a common
theme, namely the significance of genealogy and kinship ties in determining political events in the Middle Ages. The
papers, including a review of the history of prosopography and some of its major successes as a method by Karl
Ferdinand Werner, range from general considerations of prosopographical and genealogical methodology (including
discussion of Anglo-Norman royal charters) to specific analyses of individual political and kinship groups (including
the genealogy of the counts of Anjou and a rehabilitation of the prosopographical material in Wace's Roman de Rou).
The main geographic focus is England and France from the tenth to the twelfth century, but other areas as diverse as
Celtic Ireland and the Latin Principality of Antioch also come under prosopographical scrutiny.
Dr K. S. B. KEATS-ROHAN is Director of the Linacre Unit for Prosopographical Research.

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Family Trees and the Roots of Politics
The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth To the Twelfth Century
Edited By
K. S. B. Keats-Rohan
THE BOYDELL PRESS

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© Contributors 1997
All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a
retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or
by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner
First published 1997
The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
ISBN 0 85115 625 8
The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc.
PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Family trees and the roots of politics : the prosopography of Britain
and France from the tenth to the twelfth century / edited by K.S.B.
Keats-Rohan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-85115-625-8 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Great Britain Politics and government 1066-1485 Historiography.
2. Great Britain Politics and government 449-1066 Historiography.
3. France Politics and government 987 1328 Historiography.
4. Civilization, Medieval 12th century Historiography. 5. Kinship
Political aspects Great Britain. 6. Kinship Political aspects France.
7. Eleventh century Historiography. 8. Tenth century Historiography.
9. Great Britain Genealogy. 10. France Genealogy. 11. Prosopography.
I. Keats-Rohan, K. S. B., 1957
DA130.F36 1997
941'.0072 dc21 97-4272
This publication is printed on acid-free paper
Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Contents
Foreword vii
K. S. B. Keats-Rohan
List of Illustrations ix
1 1
L'apport de la prosopographie à l'histoire sociale des élites
K. F. Werner
2 23
Kings, Chronicles and Genealogies: Reconstructing Mediaeval Celtic Dynasties
David E. Thornton
3 41
A West-Country Magnate of the Eleventh Century: the Family, Estates and Patronage of Beorhtric Son of
Ælfgar
Ann Williams
4 69
Joining the Dots: a Methodology for Identifying the English in Domesday Book
C. P. Lewis
5 89
The Prosopographical Study of Anglo-Norman Royal Charters
David Bate
6 103
Wace as Historian
Elisabeth van Houts
7 133
Religious Patronage and Lordship: the Debate on the Nature of the Honor
Emma Cownie
8 147
Family Matters: Family and the Formation of the Empress's Party in South-West England
Judith A. Green
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9 165
Prosopographical Problems of English libri vitae
John S. Moore
10 189
'Un vassal sans histoire'?: Count Hugh II (c.940/955-992) and the Origins of Angevin Overlordship in Maine
K. S. B. Keats-Rohan

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11 211
Les comtes d'Anjou et leurs alliances aux Xe et XIe
siècles
Christian Settipani
12 269
Combour: proto-histoire d'une seigneurie et mis en uvre de la reforme gregorienne
Hubert Guillotel
13 299
The Formation of the County of Perche: the Rise and Fall of the House of Gouet
Kathleen Thompson
14 315
Quelques exemples de carrières abbatiales en Normandie aux XI-XIIe siècles
Véronique Gazeau
15 333
De quelques champenois dans l'entourage français des rois d'Angleterre aux XIe et XIIe siècles
Michel Bur
16 349
How Norman was the Principality of Antioch? Prolegomena to a Study of the Origins of the Nobility of a
Crusader State
Alan V. Murray
17 361
Between the Angevin and Capetian Courts: John de Rouvray and the Knights of the Pays de Bray, 1180- 1225
D. J. Power

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Foreword
No collection of prosopographical essays could hope for a finer introduction to the history, meaning and purpose of
prosopography than that provided here by the essay of Karl Ferdinand Werner, 'The Prince of Prosopography'. The
following 16 essays take on a wide range of subjects, sometimes for the first time in print and often dealing with some
very difficult evidence. Several illuminate important issues from apparently very obscure subjects. Despite the range of
subject matter, the essays are inextricably interlocked at a methodological level, as each author tames his subject by
applying different aspects of prosopographical theory. For historians of France and Britain from the tenth to the twelfth
century, the importance of the result will surely speak for itself (even if some authors might have changed their mind on
certain points in the interval between writing and publication). I need only say that is with a sense of great privilege that
I put my name as editor to this book.
The seventeen papers collected here were read at the Oxford Prosopography Conference, held at Manchester College,
Oxford, 27-31 March 1995. It was organized by me and Dr David Thornton, as part of our work in the Linacre Unit for
Prosopographical Research labouring on the Continental Origins of English Landholders 1066-1166 project. Many
debts were incurred, which are here gratefully acknowledged. First, to all the participants, who came from all over the
British Isles and from France and Germany, to the staff of Manchester College for their splendid hospitality, and to Lord
Saye and Sele for an unforgettable outing to Broughton Castle. Secondly, to the learned bodies which helped with
funding: the British Academy, which funded Professor K.F. Werner, the Maison Française at Oxford, which funded
Professor M. Bur, and the Royal Historical Society which provided bursaries for post-graduate participants. Finally, to
Dr Richard Barber of Boydell and Brewer, who not only agreed to publish this ambitious volume, but has also, as
publisher and historian, been a tower of strength to the Unit and its even more ambitious COEL project over several
years.
K. S. B. KEATS-ROHAN
LINACRE COLLEGE, OXFORD

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List of Illustrations
Maps
1. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 52
2. Beorhtric's estates in Devon 56
3. Names mentioned in Wace's Roman de Rou 3e p., lines 8329-8705 104
4. The world of Hugh I and II of Maine 190
5. La région de Dol-Combour 270
6. The Perche Gouet 300
7. Les abbayes lexoviennes et coutançaises 316
8. Situation des comtés de Blois, de Champagne et du duché de Normandie 334
9. Position relative des différents intervenants 336
10. North-eastern Normandy in the Late Twelfth Century 366
Genealogical tables
1. Clann Cholmáin kings of Meath 34-5
2. The 'Second Dynasty of Gwynedd' to Circa 1000 38-9
3. The families of Beorhtric son of Ælfgar and Æthelweard the Chronicler, Chronicler, 42
ealdorman of the western shires
4. The De Vere Family 180-1
5. The De Trailli and Espec Families 180-1
6. Suggested relationships of the Hugonide counts of Maine c. 900-1015 194
7. Les Fulco de Champagne, Les Adelard et les Widonides 220, 223, 224, 225
8. La famille de Gerberga selon B. Bachrach (1987) 227
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9. Les comtes de Gâtinais selon M. Chaume (1925) 232
10. Les comtes de Gâtinais selon O. Guillot (1972) 235
11. Les comtes de Gâtinais selon B. Bachrach (1987) 235
12. Les comtes de Gâtinais 236
13. Les Alberic et les Burchard 238
14. Les Alberic-Burchard-Gaufred-Walthar 241
15. Les Alberic-Burchard-Gaufred-Walthar: hypothèse de travail 244

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