Carmen de Hastingae Proelio

Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio, also Song of the Battle of Hastings is one of the early sources of the conquest of England by the Norman Duke William. It focuses on the events of September-December 1066. The song is Bishop of Amiens Gui (alternative spelling Guy of Amiens ) attributed to an uncle of Guido I of Ponthieu. This vassal of Duke plays in the events before the conquest of a role because he captured in 1064 Harald Godwinson, who ascended the English throne in 1066 after King Edward's death.

Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio is generally regarded as the oldest written source of the invasion. It deals mainly with the Battle of Hastings, in which the English King Harold was defeated by the Norman Duke William. Carmen de Have Ingae Proleio consists of 835 lines of hexameter and pentameter. It remained only to receive a copy, which is now in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique and is inventoried as no 10615-729, folios 230v - 227V. In the extant copy is current state of knowledge for a copy from the early 12th century, which was made from the original.

There are several indications that the Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio was written in the months to William's coronation on Christmas Day 1066 first hastily. Was first presented this work in 1067, possibly as early as Easter during the celebrations in Normandy in the presence of the newly crowned King of England. Similar to the Bayeux Tapestry, the intention of the author is not known. It is considered possible that Bishop William Gui wanted to gain favor. As Bishop of Amiens Gui was located at that time in disgrace with the Pope, it is possible that he wanted to influence Wilhelm with the Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio in his senses. In the poem, the role of Count Eustace of Boulogne during the Battle of Hastings is highlighted prominently. It is also considered possible that with the poem for the fallen in disgrace French count should be advertised, may existed on the family connections.

Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio is regarded as one of the liveliest sources of the Norman invasion and is one of the few who told this from a non -Norman view. Because of the vivid description of the events, there are individual voices that see her as a fake or postpone the emergence of time in a later century. The historian Frank Barlow, however, has demonstrated conclusively that it was a very early source of the Norman invasion.

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• Catherine Morton, Hope Muntz (ed.): The Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio of Guy Bishop of Amiens. The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, ISBN 0-19-822216-6 (formally wrong ISBN ), ( Oxford medieval texts ).
• Frank Barlow (Ed.): The Carmen de Have Ingae Proelio of Guy Bishop of Amiens. 2nd edition. The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1999, inter alia, ISBN 0-19-820758-1, (Oxford medieval texts ).