Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Map: Eleventh-Century Normandy xi
5. Genealogical Chart: Rulers of Normandy and Their Connections, 911–1087 xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Placing the Texts in Time 13
8. 2 Individual Appeal Explaining the Interest in Taurinus, Vigor, and Nicasius 33
9. 3 Imagining the Past of the Évrecin The Vita Taurini 51
10. 4 Reshaping History in the Bessin The Vita Vigoris 74
11. 5 Claiming the Heritage of the French Vexin The Passio Nicasii 94
12. 6 Broader Perspective The Norman Vision of the Distant Past and Contemporary Hagiography 112
13. Conclusion 132
14. Appendix 1 Manuscripts of the Vita Taurini and Vita Vigoris 139
15. Appendix 2 Transmission of the Passio Nicasii 145
16. Notes 151
17. Bibliography 223
18. Index 251