Originally published in 1858, this two-volume chronicle covers
approximately 500 years, from the seventh-century foundation of
Abingdon Abbey to the accession of Richard I in 1189. Editor Joseph
Stevenson (1806 95) claims that its value is less as a detailed
history than as an illustration of England's journey from barbarism
to civilisation. Although ostensibly a record of the fortunes of
the Benedictine monastery, it is a rich source of not only local
but also national and international history. In his prefaces to the
Latin text, Stevenson discusses the manuscript sources as well as
the context of the monastery's development. He goes on to describe
the influence of Christianity and the monastic system on such areas
as agriculture and commerce. Volume 1, which ends at the Norman
Conquest, consists largely of the monastery's title deeds, with a
sketch of the circumstances under which each grant was executed.
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