Historiarum Collacio: Reception of a Former Tradition in the European Historical Writing of the "Long Twelfth Century"
The article deals with the impact of new 12 th-century European intellectual theories and usages on the writing of history. The precocious pedagogical tools that had emerged in many monastic and cathedral schools - writing of special prefaces to authoritative works (accessus ad auctores), making of various compilations, new models of page layout, of commenting and analyzing texts - influenced the ways medieval historians worked with their sources. At the same time, rapid expansion of the circle of authors of historical books and their audience led to the emergence of vernacular historical literature that was distinct but not completely independent from the Latin one. All these factors allow us to consider the 12 th-century as a major stage of development in the study of history as an intellectual praxis.