The Dean of Westminster, J. Armitage Robinson (1862-1936), was
responsible for the publication of several works about the history
of the abbey (his Manuscripts of Westminster Abbey and Gilbert
Crispin, Abbot of Westminster are also reissued in this series).
This edition of a manuscript history in Latin, written by the monk
John Flete (c. 1420-1465) was published in 1909. Robinson's
introduction discusses the history of the text, the manuscript
sources, the nature of the content (which contains Fleet's
transcriptions of charters and other documents) and the reliability
of Flete's chronology. The text itself is not translated, but
side-notes in English provide an abstract of the narrative, which
begins in legendary times with the foundation of the abbey by 'King
Lucius' in 184 CE. Flete also describes the appearance of the abbey
in his own day, and the ceremonies of national significance which
took place in this ancient building.
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