Judith A. Green (2) (1947–)
Auteur van The Normans: Power, Conquest and Culture in 11th Century Europe
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Judith A. Green is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of The Government of England under Henry I (1986) and The Aristocracy of Norman England (1997) and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Anglo-Norman Studies V: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1982 (1983) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
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- Judith A. Green is an English medieval historian, specializing in the Anglo-Norman era. She is a graduate of King's College, London and the University of Oxford. She held a research fellowship and then a lectureship at the University of St. Andrews before transferring to the faculty of Queen's University, Belfast. There she became a reader and eventually professor. In 2005, she became professor of Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, and retired in 2011. Her notable books include The Government of England Under Henry I (1986), The Aristocracy of Norman England (1997), and Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy (2006).
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Here's the thing, Prof. Green's real agenda seems to be the dismantling of the mystique various Norman rulers built for themselves, and critiquing the sources that have been left for us; not adding to the mystique. However, Green has to admit that, in their prime, the Normans generally did win their battles. This is unless they were just faced with insurmountable numbers, and some times not even then; victory does have a way of generating its own mystique. As for the questions I had about the sources of Norman military art, Green tends to emphasize a knack for logistics, but does make one passing observation that Norman armies do seem to have been more willing to trust in the full-fledged cavalry charge than most of their competition; again, the most romantic of all military maneuvers.
On the plus side, I was given food for thought when it came to Norman political maneuvering, but this really isn't a book with for the general reader, and they still might be happier reading Rowley or J.J. Norwich.… (meer)