Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- II.8 Eadmer, The Life of Archbishop Anselm
- II.9 Sæwulf, An Account of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
- II.10 Twelfth-Century Law Codes
- II.11 The Wreck of the White Ship in 1120, as Recorded by Historians of the Twelfth Century
- II.12 Geoffrey of Monmouth, A History of the Kings of Britain
- II.13 Two Twelfth-Century Lives of St Frideswide
- II.14 Ælred of Rievaulx, Letter Regarding the Nun of Watton Priory
- II.15 William Fitzstephen, A Description of London
- II.16 Thomas Becket
- II.17 Glanvill, The Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England
- II.18 Richard of Devizes, Chronicle of the Reign of King Richard I
- II.19 Walter Map, Courtiers’ Trifles
- II.20 Hugh Nonant, Bishop of Coventry, Letter Recounting the Spectacular Downfall of Chancellor William de Longchamp
- Thirteenth Century
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
II.19 - Walter Map, Courtiers’ Trifles
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- II.8 Eadmer, The Life of Archbishop Anselm
- II.9 Sæwulf, An Account of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
- II.10 Twelfth-Century Law Codes
- II.11 The Wreck of the White Ship in 1120, as Recorded by Historians of the Twelfth Century
- II.12 Geoffrey of Monmouth, A History of the Kings of Britain
- II.13 Two Twelfth-Century Lives of St Frideswide
- II.14 Ælred of Rievaulx, Letter Regarding the Nun of Watton Priory
- II.15 William Fitzstephen, A Description of London
- II.16 Thomas Becket
- II.17 Glanvill, The Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England
- II.18 Richard of Devizes, Chronicle of the Reign of King Richard I
- II.19 Walter Map, Courtiers’ Trifles
- II.20 Hugh Nonant, Bishop of Coventry, Letter Recounting the Spectacular Downfall of Chancellor William de Longchamp
- Thirteenth Century
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Walter Map’s De nugis curialium is a strange work, comprising a series of humorous anecdotes, with some serious satire, particularly of the monastic orders. Despite the attention it has drawn in modern times, it seems not to have been widely known and is preserved only in Bodleian MS Bodl. 851.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 203 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024