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''Relatio de Standardo'' ("An Account of the (of the ) Standard"), or ''De bello standardii'' ("on the Battle of the Standard"), is a text composed probably in 1153 or 1154 by the Cistercian monk Aelred of Rievaulx, describing the Battle of the Standard, fought near Northallerton in 1138 between David I, King of Scotland, and a Norman army fighting in support of King Stephen of England. It is notable for being one of Aelred's two most seriously historical or political works, the other being his "Genealogy of the Kings of the English".〔Gransden, ''Historical Writing'', p. 215.〕 The work has no known patron, though it eulogises Walter Espec and Eustace fitz John and gives a good account of King David; it is hostile towards William fitz Duncan.〔Gransden, ''Historical Writing," p. 215; Freeland and Dutton, ''Aelred of Rievaulx'', pp. 27, 259—60.〕 "Relatio" praises the English and Normans fighting on Stephen's behalf and is critical of the Scots and Galwegians. The work has been commented upon by modern historians for its vision of English and Norman unity against the alleged barbarism from the Scots and Galwegians.〔Thomas, ''English and the Normans'', p. 65, n. 44.〕 According to Gransden it survives in only one manuscript, the famous Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 139.〔Gransden, ''Historical Writing'', p. 214, n. 260; Marsha L. Dutton says, contrary to Gransden, that it exists in three manuscripts, the best of them a twelfth-century manuscript from Rievaulx (York Minster Archives XVI.I.8), see Freeland and Dutton, ''Aelred of Rievaulx'', p. 24.〕 In addition to the narrative of the battle, with the Norman forces fighting under the protection of the saints, this work also explores the nature and value of history and gives some extended attention to the founding of Rievaulx itself. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Relatio de Standardo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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