Battle Abbey Roll uestion

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Doug McDonald

Battle Abbey Roll uestion

Legg inn av Doug McDonald » 19 nov 2006 15:19:24

The Battle Abbey Roll is not considered a viable way of
identify Companions of the Conqueror (at Hastings).

But is it considered a reliable indication of someone
who was a Norman, or at least originated on the Continent?

Doug McDonald

Tim Powys-Lybbe

Re: Battle Abbey Roll uestion

Legg inn av Tim Powys-Lybbe » 19 nov 2006 16:52:11

In message of 19 Nov, Doug McDonald <mcdonald@SnPoAM_scs.uiuc.edu> wrote:

The Battle Abbey Roll is not considered a viable way of
identify Companions of the Conqueror (at Hastings).

But is it considered a reliable indication of someone
who was a Norman, or at least originated on the Continent?

Doubt it but Keats-Rohan's pair of Domesday books includes the country
of origin of many of the people and that covers much the same
general period as the Battle Roll was thought to (its much later
creation apart).

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Nathaniel Taylor

Re: Battle Abbey Roll uestion

Legg inn av Nathaniel Taylor » 19 nov 2006 20:16:53

In article <ejpp53$37i$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>,
Doug McDonald <mcdonald@SnPoAM_scs.uiuc.edu> wrote:

The Battle Abbey Roll is not considered a viable way of
identify Companions of the Conqueror (at Hastings).

But is it considered a reliable indication of someone
who was a Norman, or at least originated on the Continent?

Yes, to a point, but it is at bottom an uncritical compilation. I
assume therefore that it may contain names of at least some people who
are 'traditional' (products of Burke's-style Norman-origin legends) and
might not necessarily have existed at all.

Nat Taylor
http://www.nltaylor.net

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