Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani - A Thoma Walsingham, regnante Ricardo Secundo, compilata (Paperback)

Between 1863 and 1876, the Rolls Series published several works about the abbey of St Albans, edited by Henry Thomas Riley (1816-78) under the rubric 'Chronica monasterii S. Albani'. This account of the achievements of its abbots was compiled and enlarged by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422), who supervised the scriptorium at St Albans until 1394, and wrote several other historical works. It appeared in three volumes between 1867 and 1869. The early part of the Gesta reworks earlier accounts including that by Matthew Paris (d.1259), but the section covering 1308-93 was composed by Walsingham himself and is an important primary source for fourteenth-century English history. Volume 2, covering 1290-1349, records events that include a fire in the abbot's chamber and a visit to the papal court. The main text is in Latin, with English side-notes, but a rule for nuns appears in Anglo-Norman.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani 3 Volume Set, Volume 2
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	September 2012
Editors:	Henry Thomas Riley
Authors:	Thomas Walsingham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	568
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04683-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-108-04683-5
Barcode:	9781108046831

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