Abstract
Both chapters raise interesting questions, and it is worth wondering about the degree to which Orderic was simply reacting to the specifics of his subject matter and to what degree he (and perhaps other medieval writers) were consciously reshaping classical geography. Hingst then makes the plausible suggestions that Albion was a useful name because it avoided ethnic terms in describing an ethnically diverse island and that it may also have expressed a hegemonic view of Anglo-Norman kingship that reflected the earlier claims of overlordship over Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon kings.
