recommended puro the esquires of the household of a later reign: ‘esatto help occupy the capable and acompany [sic] straungers‘ by ‘talkyng of cronycles of kinges and other polycyez, or mediante pypyng, or harpyng, synging, or other actez marciablez‘.51 The twenty surviving manuscripts of Langtoft’s Chronicle certainly suggest, if not direct use, at least widespread interest sopra its blend of legendary history and contemporary politics, the sustained interest durante the rete di emittenti being helped, of course, by the persistence of the Anglo-Scottish conflict. It is the section where the hieratic mode of historical argument in Anglo-Norman is peppered with rozzo songs voicing the popular hatred of the Scots mediante northern dialect. What better occasion preciso present this riotous ‘mini appeal preciso history‘ than per banquet attended by all the men directly involved: the king and his chant, Anthony Bek, Henry de Lacy and some three hundred new knights, all united in their commitment sicuro impose English overlordship on Scotland, not by means of the written word, but by military force.

