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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 5 - MS C (Hardcover)
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 5 - MS C (Hardcover)
Series: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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An important source of information for the reign of Edward the
Confessor, with a unique political perspective on the ascendency of
Godwine and his sons. This volume presents a semi-diplomatic
edition of the text of MS C (London, British Library Cotton,
Tiberius B.i). Usually referred to as "the Abingdon Chronicle", it
was substantially copied in the mid-eleventh century and continued
to be so sporadically thereafter; the supplement to its abrupt
ending by a twelfth-century reader suggests that it was still of
interest in the period after the Conquest. The C-text is an
important source of information for the reign of Edward the
Confessor, and it brings a unique political perspective to the
ascendency of Godwine and his sons. The traditional association of
the text, manuscript or both with the reformed monastery of
Abingdon hasbeen an important feature of the current understanding
of the interrelationships among the several texts of the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The present edition examines the various
arguments for associating the C-text with Abingdon andthe
difficulties inherent in these arguments. It brings to bear
evidence from the palaeography and codicology of the manuscript as
well as text historical and linguistic evidence. The introduction
to the text considers the different strands composing the C-text,
and the close relationships of this text to MSS B, D, and E, and
the volume is completed with indices of persons, peoples and
places. Professor KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE teaches in the
Department of English at the University of Notre Dame.
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