"The majority of the papers contained in this eighth volume of The Medieval Chronicle were originally read at the 6th International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle (Pécs, 2011). Preceding these are two plenary papers, one from the Pécs conference, the other a further development of a paper originally presented at the fifth conference in Belfast (2005)."--Preface, pages [ix].

Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material -- LATINITY AND VERNACULARITY IN THE TRADITION OF GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH: TEXT, APPARATUS AND READERSHIP / Julia Marvin -- CONTENT MARKERS IN THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER’S CHRONICLE / Erik Kooper -- GENEALOGISCHE FÄLSCHUNGEN UND FIKTIONEN ALS LEGITIMIERUNGSMITTEL IN NARRATIVEN QUELLEN DES ÖSTLICHEN EUROPAS IM 11–13. JAHRHUNDERT / Dániel Bagi -- THE EMPEROR, THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE SAINT: ONE EVENT TOLD IN DIFFERENT TEXTUAL FORMS / Isabel de Barros Dias -- L’ESSOR DE LA PROPOSITION PARTICIPIALE DANS LA PROSE HISTORIQUE / Anders Bengtsson -- TRANSLATIO, AUTORITÉ ET AFFIRMATION DE SOI CHEZ GAIMAR, WACE ET BENOÎT DE SAINTE-MAURE / Cristian Bratu -- MEDIEVAL HISTORIOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY: THE MEANING OF THE WORD ANNALES / R. W. Burgess and Michael Kulikowski -- THE CONQUEST OF CYPRUS DURING THE THIRD CRUSADE ACCORDING TO GREEK CHRONICLES FROM CYPRUS / Nicholas Coureas -- LA CHRONIQUE ABRÉGÉE DES ROIS DE FRANCE ET LES GRANDES CHRONIQUES DE FRANCE : CONCURRENCE OU COMPLÉMENTARITÉ DANS LA CONSTRUCTION D’UNE CULTURE HISTORIQUE EN FRANCE À LA FIN DU MOYEN ÂGE? / Isabelle Guyot-Bachy -- A CRUSADER CONFLICT MEDIATED BY A PAPAL LEGATE: THE CHRONICLE OF HENRY OF LIVONIA AS A LEGAL TEXT / Mihkel Mäesalu -- LE GALLUS ANONYMUS ET L’ABBAYE DE SAINT GILLES DU GARD / Adrien Quéret-Podesta -- DIGRESSION OR DISCOURSE? WILLIAM OF NEWBURGH’S GHOST STORIES AS URBAN LEGENDS / Lisa M. Ruch -- POLITICAL THOUGHT AND POLITICAL MYTH IN LATE MEDIEVAL NATIONAL HISTORIES: RODRIGO SÁNCHEZ DE ARÉVALO (†1470) / Biörn Tjällén.

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8 contributions in English, 4 in French and 1 in German; abstracts in English.