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The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham (1376-1422) (Paperback)
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The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham (1376-1422) (Paperback)
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First complete translation of detailed chronicle of medieval
England, one of Shakespeare's most important sources. Winner of a
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Translated by David Preest
with introduction and notes by James G. Clark Thomas Walsingham's
Chronica maiora is one of the most comprehensive and colourful
chronicles to survive from medieval England. Walsingham was a monk
at St Albans Abbey, a royal monastery and the premier repository of
public records, and therefore well placed to observe the political
machinations of this period at close hand. Moreover, he knew the
monarchs and many of the nobles personally and is able to offer
insights into their actions unmatched by any other authority. It is
this chronicle, transmitted through popular Tudor histories, that
informed some of the central dramas of Shakespeare's History cycle.
Covering almost fifty years, the narrative provides the most
authoritative account of one of the most turbulent periods in
English history, from thelast years of Edward III (1376-77) to the
premature death of Henry V (1422). Walsingham describes the many
dramas of this period in vivid detail, including the Peasants'
Revolt (1381), the deposition and murder of Richard II (1399-1400),
The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr (1403) and Henry V's victory at
Agincourt (1415); they are brought to life here in this new
translation.
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