"Nay, they will be kin to us, or they will fetch it from Japheth": The production, dissemination and use of royal genealogical chronicles in the first

“不，他们将成为我们的亲属，否则他们将从雅弗那里获取它”：第一代皇家家谱编年史的制作、传播和使用

• 批准号: 2530719
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Nottingham Trent University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2530719
• 关键词: Nay; they; will; kin; us

The expected assumption of personal rule by Henry VI at the end of his long minority never seemingly materialised. The ongoing reliance on conciliar bodies and the apparent monopolising of the king's patronage by a powerful household faction in the late 1430s and 1440s suggests the lack of an active and adept ruler at the centre. It was this lack of an impartial and proactive king at the centre that proved detrimental to England maintaining its territorial possessions in France, to maintaining order in the localities, and to preventing factional dominance - all recognised causes of the resulting Wars of the Roses. The descent to war was not an inevitable one and the period of 1437 to 1449 has produced differing interpretations of Henry VI's capability to rule as an active monarch. The historical literature produced during Henry VI's reign offers an interesting insight into contemporary understanding and expectations of kingship. Kingsford early on rehabilitated the genre in the fifteenth century, demonstrating its range and extent, albeit criticising its partisan nature. The focus of this study would be on a particular sub-genre of historical literature: the genealogical chronicle. While not a fifteenth-century innovation, this century saw the development of the genre towards a wider consumer audience evident in the survival of clear groups of near-identical manuscripts. The survival of over 100 fifteenth-century royal genealogies with Biblical origins suggest the original popularity of the genre, with about 40 surviving manuscripts produced under Henry VI. Their format - a complex diagram illustrating successions surrounded by a commentary, usually favouring roll form over codex - meant a different process of production was required in comparison to standard texts, thus they provide exciting opportunities to study the varied nature of late medieval manuscript production. The narrative used in these chronicles was generally copied piecemeal from standard historical texts, like the Polichronicon and the Prose Brut tradition. This project therefore will provide a fascinating case study into popular culture, historiography, and manuscript ownership and use under Henry VI, identifying changes in popular interpretations of national history.Research Questions How did the historical perspectives employed by genealogical rolls develop and respond to political changes over the fifteenth century, through the process of writing, re-writing, and editing history? How did these perspectives compare with the history presented in other contemporary histories (i.e., the English Brut tradition, the London Chronicles, Hardying's Chronicle)?Research Aims To map out a standard production process through studying variations in the 'Noah group' manuscripts. To compile object biographies of the 'Noah group' manuscripts by tracing ownership through inventories, wills, and sales. To produce a digital edition of the 'Noah' genealogy text that highlights variations between manuscripts. To identify variations in the genealogical chronicle narratives and compare these variations with other historical writing produced in this period (i.e., examining how potentially controversial recent events like the deposition of Richard II were interpreted under Henry VI).

人们期待的亨利六世在他长期的少数派统治结束时的个人统治似乎从未实现。在1430年代末和1440年代，对大公会议机构的持续依赖，以及一个强大的家族派系对国王庇护的明显垄断，表明在中心缺乏一个活跃而熟练的统治者。事实证明，正是由于中央缺乏一个公正和积极主动的国王，才不利于英国维持在法国的领土，不利于维持地方秩序，不利于防止派系统治——这些都是导致玫瑰战争的公认原因。战争并不是不可避免的，从1437年到1449年，人们对亨利六世作为一个积极君主的统治能力产生了不同的解释。亨利六世统治时期的历史文献为当代对王权的理解和期望提供了一个有趣的视角。金斯福德在15世纪早期恢复了这一流派，展示了它的范围和广度，尽管批评了它的党派性质。本研究的重点将放在历史文学的一个特定的子体裁上：家谱编年史。虽然不是15世纪的创新，但这个世纪看到了这一流派向更广泛的消费者受众的发展，这一点在几乎相同的手稿的清晰群体的生存中很明显。幸存下来的100多份15世纪王室家谱与《圣经》有关，这表明了这种体裁最初的流行，大约有40份幸存的手稿是在亨利六世时期制作的。它们的格式是一种复杂的图表，说明了继承顺序，周围附有注释，通常更倾向于卷帙而不是手抄本，这意味着与标准文本相比，需要不同的制作过程。因此，它们为研究中世纪晚期手稿生产的各种性质提供了令人兴奋的机会。这些编年史中使用的叙事通常是零零碎碎地从标准的历史文本中复制而来，比如《警察纪事》和《散文布鲁特》的传统。因此，该项目将为亨利六世时期的流行文化、史学、手稿所有权和使用提供一个引人入胜的案例研究，以确定流行对国家历史的解释的变化。研究问题：通过书写、重写和编辑历史的过程，家谱卷所采用的历史观点是如何发展并对十五世纪的政治变化作出反应的？这些观点与其他当代历史（即英国布鲁特传统、伦敦编年史、哈定编年史）中呈现的历史相比如何？研究目的通过研究“挪亚群”手稿的变化，绘制出一个标准的制作过程。通过清单、遗嘱和销售来追踪所有权，编制“诺亚群”手稿的对象传记。制作“诺亚”家谱文本的数字版本，突出了手稿之间的差异。识别家谱编年史叙述的变化，并将这些变化与这一时期产生的其他历史著作进行比较（即，检查亨利六世如何解释理查二世的罢免等潜在争议的近期事件）。