CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Rey, Maria Paula |
|---|---|
| Title | The Vocabulary of Empire. Gerald of Wales and the Angevin Empire |
| Summary | Since the late 19th century, historiography has applied the expression “Angevin Empire” to Henry II’s assemblage of lands, later inherited by his sons Richard and John. Since the 1960s, however, the expression has been largely debated. Many historians consider the use of the concept of empire as anachronistic or not consistent with the documentation. Recent works on the ‘Angevin Empire’ show how the emphasis today is on the semantics of the concept of ‘empire’ and on the need to reassess the language of the sources with a more critical approach. My research aims to establish whether there is or not an association between the Angevin Kings and imperial vocabulary, by focusing on Gerald of Wales’s late work De Principis Instructione. By analysing the imperial vocabulary he uses and also the alternative terminology applied when he is referring to the territories or power of the Angevin rulers, I intend to see if the vocabulary is in fact channelling an imperial idea about them. |
| Supervisor | Klaniczay, Gábor |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/rey_maria-paula.pdf |
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