This collection of work studies the often neglected writers of the second half of the twelfth century in England. At this time three languages competed for recognition and prestige and carved out their own spaces, while an English-speaking populace was ruled by a French-speaking aristocracy and administered by a Latin-speaking and writing clergy.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Cultivation of History, Legend, and Courtesy at the Court of Henry II
2. Latin and French as Languages of the Past in Normandy During the Reign of Henry II: Robertof Torigni, Stephen of Rouen,and Wace
3. An Intruder at the Feast? Anxiety and Debate in the Letters of Peter of Blois
4. “I Will not Stay Silent”: Sovereignty and Textual Identity in Walter of Châtillon’s “Propter Sion non Tacebo”
5. Sex, Ghosts, and Dreams: Walter Map (1135?–1210?) and Gerald of Wales (1146–1223)
6. Old English Textual Activity in the Reign of Henry II
7. The Life of English in the Mid-Twelfth Century: Ralph D’Escures’s Homily on the Virgin Mary
8. English Poetry of the Reign of Henry II
9. “Gloser La Lettre”: Identity and Power in the Poetry ofMarie De France
10. The Meaning of Suffering: Symbolism and Antisymbolism in the Death of Tristan
11. Arthur, Emperors, and Antichrists: The Formation of the Arthurian Biography
12. Children of Anarchy: Anglo-Norman Romance in the Twelfth Century
Index of Manuscripts
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