Innovation
As I argued in Chapter 2, his HN Dudo styled the Norman dukes of early eleventh century as heirs to Roman and Carolingian emperors. Underlying this literary conception past, though, is a distinct notion translatio et imitatio imperii, political thought which cultivated throughout career, both within Normandy author and, dean Saint-Quentin, without. This chapter explores implications relationship for our understanding HN's function audience. Indeed, difficult question whom was originally intended continues represent one most controversial areas conjecture modern scholarship.